Why are Children Afraid of Dental Work?

Volume 2 - Issue 3

Karimi M*

Received: May 21, 2018;   Published: June 05, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/MADOHC.2018.02.000141

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Abstract

For most children, dentist’s offices always remind them a horrible environment. Going to the dentist, make children associate the ideas of a dental injection or tooth extraction in their imagination. To eliminate this fear, a series of strategies, methods and solutions is recommended. Several of these methods are innovative solutions which are applied in Apple Dental Clinic. Many factors may contribute in reducing the kid’s anxiety. Child’s preparation, parent’s fear, Calling dentist as a kind friend, creating a stress-free environment, early age dental examination, having a good explanations for child curiosity, reducing the stress during injecting, avoiding using certain words, dental instruments and rewarding the patient play significant factors in child’s fear. With using these models, fear reduction can be felt in children during the dental procedures. The strategies in this article have been well explained.

Keywords: Dental fear; Pain; Injection; Drill voices; Dental materials; Dental staff; Stress-free environment; Dental setting

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