Children’s and parents’ attitudes towards dentists’ appearance, child dental experience and their relationship with dental anxiety

Conclusion Regardless of child anxiety levels, the PPE followed by paediatric coats were preferred over other choices of dentists’ attire. Children tended to choose a dentist who was of a younger age, and of the same gender and ethnicity as themselves. Parents tended to choose younger, female dentists of the same ethnicity as themselves. Subjective experience of extractions, as well as multiple dental visits appeared to play a more significant role in the development of dental fear than dental caries experience per se. (Source: European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry)
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