Associations of adverse childhood experiences with dental fear, and the mediating role of dental fear on caries experience: the Young-HUNT4 Survey.

BMC Oral Health · 2025 · PMC12247215 · PMID 40640784

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There was an association of sexual abuse by an adult, physical abuse by someone close, and parental alcohol problems with dental fear, however these associations did not reach statistical significance.

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