DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2022.v09i11.002

Pages: 195-198

Background: The sensation of pain, typically understood to result from diseases of the human body's organs or systems, is a serious public health issue. From the standpoint of oral health, untreated dental caries frequently cause a particular type of pain, dental pain. Objective: This study aims to determine how patients' perceptions of pain are linked to dental fear. Additionally, it evaluates how differences in pain perception are related to gender and age socioeconomic status. Methods: This study was a prospective cross-sectional investigation carried out at the Dental Chamber Smile N Shine, Dhaka, and Kalachandpur Govt. Primary School. The study was carried out between July 2021 and July 2022 and included 510 patients between the ages of 5 and 50. Result: The socio-demographic characteristics of the participants were 272(53.3%) patients who were less than or equal to 15 years old, and 238(46.7%) were older. 242(47.5%) were male and 268(52.5%) were female. 180(35.3%) patients came from low income families, 210(41.2%) from middle income and 120(23.3%) from high income families. 69 (35.9%) patients with previous experience of dental pain had very fear of dental pain, followed by 66(34.4%) had quite fear, 27(14.1%) had a little fear, and 30(15.6%) had no fear. There was a strong association between experience of dental pain and dental fear (p=0.001). Conclusion: The causes of dental fear are multifaceted and include age, socioeconomic level, oral health, and initial tooth discomfort. Patients with dental fear may require more anesthesia or different anesthetic procedures. Dental anxiety was related to an experience of dental pain, which suggests that fear of pain is a factor that should be considered, investigated, and controlled in dental practice, particularly in pediatric dentistry, since it represents the patient's first experience with oral healthcare.