@article{ijdsr2020854,
author={{Al-Shamrani, Sultan Saleh and Aldossari, Huda Fayez and Alhaqbani, Meshal Mohammed and Alotaibi, Mai Kharboush and Almutairi, Majed Sayer},
title={Dental Fear and Anxiety Associated with Patients Seeking Esthetic/Restorative Dental Procedures in Riyadh, KSA},
journal={International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research},
volume={8},
number={5},
pages={133--137},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijdsr/8/5/4},
issn={2333-1259},
abstract={<b>Objective: </b>Anxiety towards dental procedures is common that may be experienced by dental patients. This study specifically focused on evaluating the esthetic/restorative procedures related to dental anxiety/fear frequency and its relationship with age, gender, and educational level among patients visiting clinics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <b>Methodology: </b>The present cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2020 to May 2020. A convenience sampling was performed and the data was collected from the patients seeking esthetic/restorative treatment (aged 20 years or more). A questionnaire-based on questions related to general and esthetic/restorative procedures was presented to a patient before treatment. A Chi-square test was performed to compare the level of anxiety/fear among the patient concerning age, gender, and education level (P&lt; 0.05). <b>Results: </b>A total of 1500 filled-in questionnaires were collected. Most of the participating patients were aged between 20-30 years (38.3%), and 66.2% of participants were female. Additionally, anxiety/fear is not associated with age and education (P>0.05). However, females are more prone to anxiety/fear compared to males (P&lt; 0.05). <b>Conclusions:</b> The findings of this survey strongly suggest that esthetic/restorative procedures might also be highly fearful to most of the patients.},
doi={10.12691/ijdsr-8-5-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}