MANAGEMENT OF DENTAL ANXIETY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
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Dental fear/anxiety (F/A) in children can often lead to uncooperative behaviors that pose challenges for dentists in the clinical setting. Studies have found that girls generally exhibit more dental anxiety than boys. Other proposed etiologic factors include socioeconomic status, culture, parental anxiety, negative experiences from dental treatments, and temperament of the child. Clearly, dental F/A is a multidimensional construct influenced by biology and the environment.Behavior management is...
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