Risk factors for dental anxiety and cooperativeness in pediatric patients with or without oral habits (bruxism, nail biting, and thumb sucking)
The children's anxiety and cooperativeness are not associated with their evaluated oral habits 'bruxism, nail biting, or thumb sucking'. Risk factors for children's cooperation and anxiety are their previous experiences of pain and previous cooperativeness as well as the current treatment type.
Authors
- Shirin Taravati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-2089)
- Vahid Rakhshan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9503-3133)
- Fatemeh Ataeian
- Sedighe Mofradnejad
Institutions
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Islamic Azad University Dental Branch of Tehran (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-06169-x
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.37