2026-10-19T01:08:47Zhttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/requestoai:ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:ebyu/116932026-10-18T21:13:19Zopenairedrivercom_ebyu_10000col_ebyu_10001The effect of parental presence on the anxiety during first dental treatmein childrenKaraca, SerhatŞirinoğlu Capan, BelenchildrenDental anxietyheart rateparental presenceAnxiety DisordersChildChild BehaviorDental CareHumansParentsanxietyarticlecontrolled studydental proceduredeteriorationFaces Pain Scalefemalegenderhumanmajor clinical studymalepediatric dentistpreoperative evaluationrandomized controlled trialschool childsurgeryanxiety disorderchild parent relationetiologyObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of parental presence on dental anxiety in children during dental treatments. Materials and methods: The study was conducted with 194 children between January-April, 2020. The children were randomly divided into two subgroups. Children in group-I were treated in parent’s presence (pp), and in group-II in parent’s absence (pa). The Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (WBFPS) and The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) were used for subjective measurements, whereas the objective measurement was performed by measuring the heart rate. Results: The mean age of 194 children was 6.26 ± 1.15 years, ranging from 5-8 years of age. The mean MDAS score of all children was 15.1 ± 4.72. No significant correlations were found in terms of dental anxiety between the children’s gender and age with heart rate, WBFPS and MDAS scores. Preoperative WBFPS scores (6.83 ± 1.04 pp and 7.01 ± 0.93 pa) were higher than postoperative scores (5.34 ± 2.11 pp and 5.74 ± 2.04 pa), with no statistically significant difference. Although there was no statistically significant results, the paediatric dentist observed a deterioration in the children’s behavior throughout the sessions in group-II compared to children in group-I. Conclusions: Parental presence has no statistically significant effect on dental anxiety in children during dental treatments. © 2024 The Author(s).Medical Journals Sweden AB2024Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/11693https://doi.org/10.1080/00016357.2023.22620190001-6357enActa Odontologica Scandinavicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/ebyu/11693