Open AccessObjective assessment of the influence of the parental presence on the fear and behavior of anxious children during their first restorative dental visit
Author(s) -
Sharat Chandra Pani,
Ghazi S AlAnazi,
Abdulrahman AlBaragash,
Mohammad AlMosaihel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.189750
Subject(s) - anxiety , pulse rate , medicine , heart rate , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , blood pressure
Parents play an important role in the dental behavior of a child patient. This study aimed to assess the effect of parental presence on the behavior of the child and objectively measure the behavior using pulse oximetry.