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Abstract

Context: Dentists should detect the patient’s level of anxiety and eliminate the anxiety prior to the treatment to provide a successful treatment and to establish a positive attitude towards dentistry

Aim: To evaluate the effect of exposure to positive dental experience video on dental anxiety among 6 to 11 years old children using Venhams picture test and Chota Bheem-Chutki scale.

Method and Material: Hundred children between 6 to 11 years were selected randomly for the study. Pre intervention anxiety level was recorded using Chota Bheem Chutki scale (CBCS) and Venham picture test (VPT) while the children were sitting in the waiting area. After that the positive dental experience video was shown to the children for 2 minutes. Later, the anxiety level of children was again measured using both the scales. That was taken as the post intervention scores..

Statistical analysis used: All the scores were statistically analyzed by SPSS version 22. Paired t test was used to compare the scores obtained from both the scales and Pearson correlation test was performed to obtain correlation among the scales used in the study.

Results: The mean anxiety score of children before intervention and after intervention using VPT was 3.25 ± 1.67 and 0.43 ± 1.32; for CBCS was 1.84 ± 0.71 and 1.05 ± 0.21. The difference between intervention and after intervention value was highly statistically significant p-value <0.001

Conclusions: This study showed that exposure to positive dental video can significantly reduce anticipatory dental anxiety in children.

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