Dental Anxiety in Children: A Review of the Contributing Factors
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Correspondence
Dr. Mohammed S Aldossary,
P.O. Box-13743, Riyadh-11414, Saudi Arabia.
E-mail: msfd99@hotmail.com
Dental anxiety is a challenge faced by the dental professionals while treating young children. Many factors have been reported as contributing factors that influence and affect the level of dental anxiety in children. Being familiar with these factors would facilitate behaviour management in anxious children. This article reviews the contributing factors that have been investigated in the literature.