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ERİŞKİNLERDE DİŞHEKİMİ KORKUSUNUN AĞIZ-DİŞ SAĞLIĞI İLE İLİŞKİSİ

THE RELATIONSHIP OF DENTAL FEAR AND DENTAL HYGIENE IN ADULTS

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Dental fear or anxiety causing serious problems in regards to dental hygiene in many people and in various countries has been reported. Due to this fact we aimed to examine the relationship of dental hygiene and dental fear or anxiety and the demographic features in our adult population. Seventy three patients older than 16 years who came tu Ondokuz Mayıs University clinic of dental faculty formed the studv group. Dental Anxiety Scale(DAS) and Dental Fear Survey (DFS) were applied to all patients. Number of decaycd(D), misnedf,MJ. fillcd(H), filled surface(Fs) and number of teeth affected by prophetic restoration have been registered. in the study group 72.6 % was found lo have low and moderate fear; this being 7Û.7 % in males and 75 % in femalcs(p>0,05). The relationship between level of fear and number of decayed teeth was statistically significant (p<0.05). As a result of our study dental fear or anxiety was found to be as high as 72.6 % in our population. In addition level of fear showed significant relationship with numlicr of decayed teeth. Consequently it can be concluded that dental fear plays an important role in seeking denial treatment
Abstract (Original Language): 
Dişhekimi korkusunun veya anksiy etc sinin çeşitli ülkelerde pekçok bireyde, diş sağlığı ile ilgili önemli problemler yaratmakta olduğu bildirilmiştir. Bu nedenle toplumumuzda erişkinlerde dişhekimi korkusu veya anksi-yetesi ile ağız-diş. sağlığı arasındaki ilişki ve demografik özellikler araştırılmak istenmiştir. Bu amaçla; Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Dişhekimliği Fakültesine başvuran 16 yaşın üzer indeki 73 hasta çalışma grubu olarak alındı. Çalış- ma grubundaki bireylere DenEal Ansiety Scale-(DAS) ve Dental Fear Survcy(DPS) psikometrık skalalan uygulandı. Yapılan klinik ve radyolojik muayene sonucunda çalışmaya katılan bireylerin çürük(D), kaybedilmış(M)( dolgulu(F), ve dolgulu yüzey saym(Fs) kaydedildi. Elde edilen bulgular regresyon analiz ve student t testleri uygulanarak değerlendirildi. Çalama grubunun %72.6' smda düşük ve gelişkin diizeydc korku bulundu. Bu oran erkek grubunda 9170.7, kadınlarda ise %15 idi (p>0.Ü5). Korku düzeyi ile çürük diş sayısı arasında istatistiksel olarak önemli bir ilişki olduğu saptandi(p<0,05). Hu sonuçlara göre, dişhekimi korkusunun diş tedavisine başvuruda etkin bir rol oynadığını söyleyebili/..
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