بررسي عوامل بازدارنده در مراجعه غيراورژانسي و منظم عده اي از شهروندان تهراني به دندانپزشك در سال 1381

A study on the inhibitory factors involved in the non-urgency consultation with the dentist in Tehran (Research)

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the inhibitory factors involved in the non-urgency consultation with the dentist. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 people of Tehran citizens (109 females and 91 males) with the mean age of 35 Years, by phone - calls. The information about the last systemic consultation, the reasons for non-consultation and the amount of fear about dentistry practices were considered significantly important and the knowledge about age, sex, level of education and smoking were considered as minor ones. The results showed that the average of non-urgency consultation for males was 265 days and that of females was 118 days. The most important inhibitory factor, in the non-urgency consultation, was their lack of need for dental visits. Time shortage and expensive costs were ranked as other factors (41.3% and 28.2%, respectively). Lack of confidence about infection control and asepsis were found to be the weakest inhibitory factors (18% among females and 4.4% among maes). Fear of dentistry was reported as the major etiologic factor, in non-urgency consultation, in most studies, however, in the present study no statistically significant differences were observed between fear age, sex, level of education, smoking, Therefore, it is suggested that fear is not considered as a major factor in the present study. From among the total participants: 50.5% were without fear, 14.5% had a slight fear, 15.5% had a mild fear and 19/5% showed a severe fear. As a cconclusion, in order to prevent more severe defects followed by more aggressive treatments, providing the patients with the knowledge about systemic consultation with a dentist seems a necessity.