Dental anxiety among children attending university-affiliated special needs and child dental clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross-sectional study.

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The research involved children receiving care at two university-affiliated clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: one specialising in Special Needs Dentistry and the other in Pediatric Dentistry. Published in BMC Oral Health (2025; 25:1262), the research was conducted by Ramaa Balkaran, Satu Lahti, Visha Ramroop, and Jorma I. Virtanen. The study provides valuable insight into how dental anxiety manifests among children with and without special needs—and what can be done to create more supportive dental environments.

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