MOTIVATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN FOR DENTISTRY PROPHYLACTIC EXAMINATION

The analysis of results of answering questionnaires 6 and 9th years of education schoolchildren revealed that 23.2% of them in younger group were highly motivated for prophylactic dentistry examination while 25.4% — in senior one. The low level of motivation was observed in 47.8% of responders in first and in 50.6% of the second groups correspondently. Main factors, which determined the low level of motivation for dentistry examination with prophylactic and treatment purposes dentistry phobia (53.4%), emotional instability in course of interaction with doctors (80.1%) and the shortage of information about dentistry measures (83.2%).