Pediatric dentist attire and relationship with anxiety in children and parents during Covid-19 pandemic

Aim The study aimed to evaluate children's and parent's preferences of dentist's attire during Covid-19 pandemic and their relationship with dental anxiety. Methods A total of 139 Children(71 boys, 68 girls) aged 6-12 years were shown videos of a pediatric dentist working with different attire such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and pedoscrub, and they were asked to express the way they preferred their dentist to be dressed. Children's anxiety levels with different attire of paediatric dentists were assessed in different age groups and for boys and girls separately and recorded it using the Facial image scale. A questionnaire regarding dental anxiety was created online and completed by 139 parents (76 females, 63 males) of various ages and different educational backgrounds who were asked to choose between two outfits. Results were tabulated and statistically analysed using Chi-square test. Results Children aged 10-12 years preferred PPE by 50.6%, whereas 48.1% of children aged 6-9 years least preferred PPE (<0.05). About 46 (33%) were scored as anxious children and they had a preference for pedoscrub. Also, nonanxious children 43(31%) preferred PPE. All educated parents (100%) selected PPE over pedoscrub and the result were shown to be statistically significant. (<0.05). Conclusion Ultimately, the majority of the anxious children chosen pedoscrub, whereas non - anxious children have chosen PPE. Furthermore, the data reveals that both educated parents and older children preferred PPE as their attire for paediatric dentists.

Dental Anxiety Levels Among Children And Their Parents Before And After Video Modelling Health Education Technique

Aim: Aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the anxiety levels of children and their parents at different visits to the Department of Pedodontics Methodology: Present study was carried out on 30 children aged 6-14 years and their parents who attended the OPD of Dept. of Pedodontics, Anxiety assessment was done using Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) for children & Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) for parents. Results: Anxiety levels of the children was significantly less on the second visit (mean 22.23±5.20)when compared to the first visit(mean 28.13±6.82)(p-value 0.001).There is significant positive correlation between child's age and parent's anxiety(p-value 0.038).There is Nosignificant correlation between Parent's anxiety and child's anxiety at 1st visit (p-value 0.286). Conclusion: The study showed that there is gradual decrease in dental anxiety in children in subsequent visits, we found Significant positive correlation between Child's age and parents's anxiety and No-significant correlation between parental and child's anxiety