Dentists Perception of their Patients in Malaysia

Authors

  • Ishak Abdul Razak Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/adum.vol2no1.10

Keywords:

Dentist, patient, fear, pain, check-up

Abstract

A postal questionnaire concerning the Malaysian dentists' attitudes of their patients yielded a 73;1% response rate. The results of this study indicated that a majority of dentists felt that patients had more negative than positive attributes. Private practitioners attributed more negative traits to their patients than their public sector colleaques.About 88% of dentists indicated that the most negative patient attribute was fear of pain. Fear of pain was perceived to be stronger than fear of the dentist (62.2%). likewise the patients' inability to seek treatment soon enough (78.4%), to come for regular check-up(72.7%) and to follow advice on personal oral hygiene(70.1 %) were worrisome.

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Published

1995-12-29

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995)

Section

Original/Research Article

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