Dental anxiety and empathy among undergraduate oral health students in Norway, South Africa and Namibia
Oral healthcare students in Africa and Norway showed high empathy and low dental anxiety, which is reassuring for future oral health care professionals.
Authors
- Ahmed Bhayat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-1233)
- Ingvild J. Brusevold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-3015)
- Firasat Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-7638)
- Ann Catrin Høyvik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-8384)
- Pagollang Motloba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-7576)
- Shenuka Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-602X)
- Faheema Kimmie‐Dhansay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-6193)
- Aravind Karunakaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0820-1029)
- Burak Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-7045)
- Vivienne Wilson
- Cathrine Malau
- John Rutabanzibwa
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- University of Namibia (NA)
- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/aos.v84.43424
- Primary Topic
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00