PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES USED IN PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY- A REVIEW

Dentistry

Oral health care and dental defects or diseases in infants and children are provided by the paediatric dentists. A child's attitude and behaviour is essential for the clinicians to provide them with an effective and safe treatment. Quality of treatment and care will be affected due to the unwillingness and non-cooperative behaviour of the child. This might also lead to the risk of injury to the child during the course of treatment. In order to avoid such circumstances several behaviour management techniques are employed. This article is focused on knowing the acceptance or modifications needed in paediatric patients behaviour management techniques as opined by parent's towards the behaviour management techniques used in paediatric dentistry, in order to improve the paediatric care. It also provides a brief explanation on the different methods used in paediatric dentistry for behaviour management like tell-show-do, nitrous oxide sedation, voice control, hand over mouth exercise, passive restraint, oral premedication and others.

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