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Volume 3 Issue 2 (April - June, 2015)
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DO PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE DENTAL FEAR IN THEIR CHILDREN? : EVALUATION USING CFSS-DS |
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Priyanka Thakur, Kapil Rajiv Sharma, Seema Thakur, Parul Singhal, Deepak Chauhan, Cheranjeevi Jayam, Arihant Jain | |
Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College & Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Introduction: Dental anxiety is a very common phenomenon in children and adolescents. The Dental Subscale of the Children’s Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS) is a well known instrument for assessing dental fear in children, initially presented by Cuthbert and Malamed. In most studies, the parental version of CFSS-DS is used; however, a very little information is available concerning the extent to which parents are able to report dental fear on behalf of their children. Aim: This study aims to assess whether parents are accurate reporters of their child’s dental fear. Methodology: The CFSS-DS was filled out by children (7-11 years old) and their parents on the behalf of their child. The children were asked to fill out the child version of CFSS-DS in their classrooms and the parental version was handed out to the children, together with a letter asking the mothers to fill the questionnaire on behalf of them, without any help of their children. Corresponding Author: Dr. Priyanka Thakur, Room no.:301, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College & Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. This article may be cited as: Thakur P, Sharma KR, Thakur S, Singhal P, Chauhan D, Jayam C, Jain A. Do parents understand the dental fear in their children? : Evaluation using CFSS-DS. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2015;3(2):29-33. |
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