Neutrosophic method for the classification of factors associated with fear and anxiety in the dental office in children
Keywords:
Fear, anxiety, oral health, pediatric patients, method, neutrosophic numbersAbstract
Dental fear and anxiety are psychological problems of unknown and multifactorial origin that many people, especially pediatric patients, suffer from, making them a considerable challenge when providing quality dental care. The objective of this research is to develop a neutrosophic method for the classification of factors associated with fear and anxiety in dental consultations in children. To verify the fidelity of the proposed method, a survey was carried out with 107 students from the Jorge Icaza Educational Unit. Results: of a total of 78 responses, 32% of the children have visited the dentist more than three times, 62.9% go to the dentist for tooth pain, 60% feel anxious and fearful before visiting the dentist, 33.3% have severe anxiety and fear, 40.5% have fear of the injection, 38.1% are unaware of the onset of dental fear, 38.1% feel palpitations during the dental consultation, 48 % feel afraid during treatment and 47.6% have more anxiety with a dental cleaning.