Open AccessChildren′s behavior pattern and behavior management techniques used in a structured postgraduate dental program
Author(s) -
Sharath Asokan,
P Rekka,
M S Muthu,
Vinay Prabhu,
Sivakumar Nuvvula
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.50812
Subject(s) - behavior management , anxiety , dental fear , medicine , behaviour modification , dentistry , rating scale , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , developmental psychology , applied psychology
Anxiety and fear remain the primary emotion of a child entering a dental office. Successful pediatric dentistry depends not only on the dentist's technical skills, but also on his ability to acquire and maintain a child's cooperation.