Hegde Thrisha, Bhavyashri P, Vasthare Ramprasad, Karthik M, Munoli Ravindra
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2022 Jan 29;12(1):12-19. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_261_21. eCollection 2022 Jan-Feb.
Parental dental fear and anxiety (DFA) is an important factor, which has an impact on adolescence receiving dental treatment and maintenance of their oral health. It is necessary to recognize and know how parental DFA affects the dental treatment of children and adolescents.
This narrative review was planned with the objective of evaluating parental DFA influence on adolescent dental treatment.
A broad search of literature published between 2005 and 2021 from electronic databases through Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar was performed. We included the studies in which parental dental anxiety was a major criterion affecting different dental health conditions. Articles referring to adolescents facing different oral health problems were also included. This narrative review included 12 articles of which 8 cross-sectional studies, 3 longitudinal studies, and 1 descriptive study, all of which met the inclusion criteria and the specified age group of adolescents ranging between 10 and 19 years.
After screening 83 abstracts, 12 articles were selected, which included all the inclusion criteria. In this study, we found that parental DFA showed a positive association with their adolescent's DFA, which hinders the dental treatment received.
Parental DFA influences the adolescent behavior and can impact the seeking of dental treatment. Hence, it is important to address parental DFA prior to the intervention and treatment. An appropriate address will facilitate in reducing or eliminating DFA in adolescents.
父母的牙科恐惧和焦虑（DFA）是一个重要因素，会影响青少年接受牙科治疗及其口腔健康的维持。认识并了解父母的DFA如何影响儿童和青少年的牙科治疗很有必要。
本叙述性综述旨在评估父母的DFA对青少年牙科治疗的影响。
通过Scopus、PubMed、科学网、谷歌学术等电子数据库，广泛检索了2005年至2021年发表的文献。我们纳入了以父母的牙科焦虑作为影响不同牙科健康状况的主要标准的研究。还纳入了涉及青少年面临不同口腔健康问题的文章。本叙述性综述包括12篇文章，其中8篇横断面研究、3篇纵向研究和1篇描述性研究，所有这些研究均符合纳入标准，且青少年的指定年龄组在10至19岁之间。
在筛选了83篇摘要后，选择了12篇文章，这些文章均符合所有纳入标准。在本研究中，我们发现父母的DFA与青少年的DFA呈正相关，这会阻碍他们接受牙科治疗。
父母的DFA会影响青少年的行为，并可能影响其寻求牙科治疗。因此，在干预和治疗之前解决父母的DFA很重要。适当的处理将有助于减少或消除青少年的DFA。
