Open AccessA bite out of anxiety: Evaluation of animal-assisted activity on anxiety in children attending a pediatric dental outpatient unit
Author(s) -
Rangeeth Bollam Nammalwar,
Priyaa Rangeeth
Publication year - 2018
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/jisppd.jisppd_54_18
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , private practice , dental treatments , family medicine , outpatient clinic , dental practice , animal assisted therapy , dental clinic , dentistry , psychiatry , animal welfare , pet therapy , ecology , biology
Anxiety control has been one of the key factors that shows that success of a pediatric dental practice. Animal- Aassisted therapy has shown to have many health benefits, which has brought the animal species closer to our homes with an establishment of a relationship.