Dental Anxiety and preventive dental care in 102 Patients in a oral surgery practice

Berth, Hendrik; Quorri, Rezart; Cunoti, Nertsa

Dental Anxiety and preventive dental care in 102 Patients in a oral surgery practice

Countries to which the data refer datacite.geolocation.iso3166	GERMANY
References to related material datacite.relatedItem.References	https://doi.org/10.3390/oral5040086
Type of the data datacite.resourceTypeGeneral	Dataset
Total size of the dataset datacite.size	67569
Author dc.contributor.author	Berth, Hendrik
Author dc.contributor.author	Quorri, Rezart
Author dc.contributor.author	Cunoti, Nertsa
Upload date dc.date.accessioned	2026-05-08T11:37:31Z
Publication date dc.date.available	2026-05-08T11:37:31Z
Data of data creation dc.date.created	2020
Publication date dc.date.issued	2026-05-08
Abstract of the dataset dc.description.abstract	The dataset contains questionnaire responses from 102 patients. These patients (42 males and 60 females with a mean age of 40.3 years) visited an oral surgery practice in Saxony, Germany, between December 2019 and June 2020. They completed the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) questionnaire, as well as answering six questions on preventive dental care. Examples of these questions are “How many times a day do you brush your teeth?” and “How often per year do you have your teeth professionally cleaned?”. The patients' gender, age, marital status, educational background and occupation were also recorded.
Public reference to this page dc.identifier.uri	https://opara.zih.tu-dresden.de/handle/123456789/2225
Public reference to this page dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.25532/OPARA-1175
Publisher dc.publisher	Technische Universität Dresden
Licence dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International	en
URI of the licence text dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Specification of the discipline(s) dc.subject.classification	1
Title of the dataset dc.title	Dental Anxiety and preventive dental care in 102 Patients in a oral surgery practice
Research instruments opara.descriptionInstrument	Dental Anxiety Scale
Software opara.descriptionSoftware.ResourceViewing	Microsoft Excel
Project abstract opara.project.description	Background/Objectives: Dental anxiety has been demonstrated to exert a significant influence on the frequency of treatment, the degree of patient compliance, and the long-term implications for oral health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of dental anxiety experienced by patients attending an oral surgery practice in Germany. In addition, the study sought to assess their preventive dental behaviour and to explore any potential associations between anxiety levels and the utilisation of preventive care services. Methods: The present study comprised 102 consecutive adult outpatients from a private oral surgery practice. The assessment of dental anxiety was conducted using the Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). The behaviour of the subjects in relation to preventative dental care was measured using a series of six standardised items, including the frequency of tooth brushing, tartar removal, and professional tooth cleaning. The data analysis comprised descriptive statistics, chi-square (χ2) tests, multiple linear regression, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The mean DAS score was 12.69 (SD = 3.36). Ac-cording to the DAS classification system, 28.4% of patients reported low anxiety, 50.0% moderate anxiety, and 21.6% high dental anxiety. Regression analysis explained 10% of the variance in DAS scores (R2 = 0.128, adj. R2 = 0.100). The analysis revealed that age (β = –0.218, p = 0.035) and lower educational level (β = –0.357, p < 0.001) were associated with higher anxiety scores, whereas sex was not a significant predictor. Preventive dental behaviour, encompassing practices such as tooth brushing, professional tooth cleaning, and tartar removal, did not exhibit significant disparities across anxiety groups (all p > 0.05). Conclusions: While dental anxiety was prevalent among the patient sample, it did not exert a significant influence on preventive dental behaviours. However, patients with lower levels of education and younger age exhibited higher dental anxiety scores. These findings underscore the necessity for targeted educational and preventive strategies in patients with elevated dental anxiety (Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/oral5040086)
Project title opara.project.title	Links Between Dental Anxiety and Preventive Dental Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Oral Surgery Practice