The relationship of parental dental anxiety and child's caries status

: Lahti S, Tuutti H, Honkala E

: 1989

: ASDC journal of dentistry for children

: ASDC J Dent Child

: 56

: 3

: 191

: 195

: 1945-1954

The objective was to determine whether parental dental anxiety is associated with the caries status of their children. A higher level of dental anxiety was found among caries-active children, probably due to their more negative experiences in treatment. Also, fathers from the lower socioeconomic group who had a high level of dental anxiety had children with lower df-scores.