@article{Sorunke_Onigbinde_Oyapero_Coker_2022, title={Self-Reported Periodontal Disease and its Association with Dental Anxiety in Lagos, Nigeria}, volume={22}, url={https://revista.uepb.edu.br/PBOCI/article/view/963}, abstractNote={<div><strong><span lang="EN-US">Objective: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">To determine the relationship between dental anxiety and self-reported periodontal status</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Material and Methods:</span></strong></div> <div><span lang="EN-US"> The study was conducted among 263 patients at the Family Medicine Clinic of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Self-assessed gingival and periodontal disease was measured using the validated periodontal disease self</span><span lang="EN-US">-</span><span lang="EN-US">report surveillance questionnaire. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used for evaluating dental anxiety. Student</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s t-test was used to test for association between categorical variables. P-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">Seventy-seven (29.3%) participants had high dental anxiety, while 49 (18.6%) had very high dental anxiety. The prevalence of periodontal disease was higher among those with very high dental anxiety (77.6%), while female respondents had a significantly higher proportion of self-reported periodontitis (34.1%). There was a significantly higher prevalence of very high dental anxiety among respondents who had never visited the dentist (23.2%). Similarly, females (19.4%), middle-class respondents (30.8%), and those with a primary level of school education (23.5%) had a higher prevalence of high dental anxiety, even though the association was not significant</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusion: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">The prevalence of self-reported periodontal disease among the respondents with very high dental anxiety was higher than in those with high dental anxiety and those without dental anxiety, but the difference was not significant.</span></div>}, journal={Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada}, author={Sorunke, Modupeore Ekua and Onigbinde, Olubunmi O. and Oyapero, Afolabi and Coker, Olurotimi A.}, year={2022}, month={Jan.}, pages={e210051} }