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Factors Influencing Dental Fear in University Students

Objectives: University students's oral health care practice and oral health status are very important. Because its affect their systemic disease, so as to have confidence, and to be eager to study. However if they feel dental fear, they avoid dental treatment. It is miss opportunities of early treatment and prevention treatment and have little effect on dental treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing dental fear of university students to reduce their dental fear. Methods: A total of 366 self-administered questionnaires were collected from university student in Cheon-an. To investigate the factors influencing dental fear of university students, t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis, linear regression analysis were carried out by using SPSS ver. 18.0 Results: University students feel the most fear of specific dental stimuli. Especially, 'Feeling the needle injected'. University Students felt dental fear in order of 'fear of specific dental stimuli', 'physiologic arousal', 'avoidance fear'. 'Feeling the needle injected', they felt severe dental fear. 'My muscles become tense' of Symptoms they feel dental fear was the most frequent Sex affects avoidance fear, physiologic arousal, fear of specific dental stimuli and dental fear. Femal feel more its than male. The time since last dental clinic visit affects physiologic arousal, fear of specific dental stimuli and dental fear. Group do not visit the dental clinic within a year feel more its than others. Conclusions: To reduce dental fear in university students, it is necessary to make them visit dental clinics frequently and dental staffs consider their sex. Therefore, Department of dental hygiene and dentistry must be added the management of dental fear of the curriculum. In addition, it must be emphasized that to visit dental clinics frequently for university students.