Reasons underlying failure to seek dental treatment among Nairobi University students
Wakiaga, J.M.; Kaimenyi, J.T.; Kisumbi, B.K.
East African Medical Journal 73(5): 320-322
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X PMID: 8756036 Document Number: 459482
A survey of 272 University of Nairobi undergraduate students was undertaken to assess their dental chairside experience and what reasons they gave for failing to seek dental treatment. Most respondents considered dental treatment uncomfortable and painful. The cost of treatment and fear arising from information given by other dental patients were important reasons that kept the respondents from visiting a dental clinic. This paper reveals the need for the dental profession to play a greater role in reducing costs of treatment and odontophobia.