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Документ Dentophobia as an obstacle to the timeliness of dental care(Полтавський державний медичний університет, 2021-06-04) Barkovska, A. D.; Kostenko, V. H.; Костенко, Вікторія Геннадіївна; Костенко, Виктория ГеннадиевнаDentophobia is still remaining as one of pressing issues in dental practice nowadays and has overt and covert manifestations, which affect on-time beginning of treatment. The findings for analysis were obtained by anonymous questionnaire of 170 respondents aged 18 – 79 from 7 countries (Ukraine, Russian Federation, France, Turkey, the USA, UAE, Bangladesh). The questionnaire form includes 11 questions (3 questions were taken from Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, the others were set forth by the authors). The results have demonstrated 29.4% of the respondents experience dental fear, 66% of the study subjects feel anxious while waiting for a dentist, 77% of the respondents are apprehensive about tooth drilling, and 69% of the respondent report their fear about injections. Nevertheless, in cases of urgent dental intervention, 98% of the respondents would agree to get necessary treatment. The study has shown the main cause of dental fear is own traumatic experience once got when receiving dental treatment. Considering covert dentophobia manifestations it would be advisable to conduct questionnaire before starting dental treatment to find out the most dentophobic patients and to offer them psychological support.