Children's Dental Anxiety in Relation to Parental Dental Anxiety, Child's Age and Gender and Caries Experience

Children's Dental Anxiety in Relation to Parental Dental Anxiety, Child's Age and Gender and Caries Experience (Cross Sectional Study)

Determine the relation of of Children's dental anxiety to Parental Dental anxiety, child's age and gender and caries experience will be obtained through written questionnaires (ACDAS) and (CDAS) to the child and parents of children aged 6-8 years old in the clinic.

1. Soft copies of the Abeer children dental anxiety SCALE (ACDAS) Questionnaire and Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS) Questionnaire.
2. The child's age and gender will be recorded first.
3. Level of anxiety will be recorded by using Heart rate using fingertip pulse oximeter.
4. Dental caries experiences will record by using Dental caries indices (DMF and def)
5. Child dental anxiety will be evaluated from (ACDAS) Questionnaire: The first part is child self-report part, the operator will be answered by ticking the box that corresponds to child dental anxiety, 1 (happy), 2 (Ok), 3 (Scared). The second part about the cognitive part with five questions: three of them answered with (Yes, No) and the other two questions answered with score, 1 (happy), 2 (Ok), 3 (Scared)
6. Parents dental anxiety will be evaluated from (CDAS) Questionnaire. the parents will answer by ticking the answer. The final scores, >9 (Mild anxiety), 9-12 (Moderate anxiety), 13-14 (High anxiety), 15-20 (Sever anxiety).
7. Results will be analyzed by the statistician.
8. Data handling will be supervised by the supervisors.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children range in age from 6-8 years old.
2. First dental visit.
3. Accompanied by their parents.
4. Both male and female included.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children with Physical or mental disabilities.
2. Children who refuse to participate.