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Pediatric Dentistry - No to Dental Phobia by Eleanor Tan
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Pediatric Dentistry - No to Dental Phobia |
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No parent would have wanted their children to have a traumatic experience with a dentist. Dental phobia or Dental fear refers to the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care. Most people developed dental fear because of traumatic or painful dental clinic experience during childhood and the scary image of the dentist as perceived by the child. Dentists are health care practitioner that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the conditions of the oral cavity as well as diseases. Pediatric Dentistry formerly known as Pedodontics is the branch of dentistry that specializes in dealing with children. With this specialization, the dentist focuses on the pediatric growth and development, child psychology and management and all other aspects that scopes pediatric concerns. Pediatric dentistry focuses in establishing trust and confident relationship with children. That is why one of the main components of pediatric training is child psychology. This includes the office’s interior design and availability of television, books and toys to entertain the children. It is also important that the dentist is trained to different effective communication and teaching techniques to make dental clinic visits enjoyable. The parent attitude towards their child going to a dentist is a very important factor to avoid creating anxiety to the child thus helping for the preparation and conditioning of the child for a dental visit. I have listed some tips to do that might help the parents in dealing with their children: - Bring the child along together with the other member of the family who enjoys dental check-up to familiarize the child with the dental clinic set-up. - Schedule the child’s dental appointment earlier in the day when they still fresh and full of energy. - Allow some time for the child to stay alone with the dentist in the room as children often respond better without the presence of their parents. - Never threat the child in attempt to make to encourage good behaviour to visit a dentist.fo - Avoid bribery in encouraging the child to go to a dentist. - Avoid saying negative words such as pain, pull, etc. as these create anxiety to the child. - Never use dental visit to threat the child for refusal to brush teeth, eating too much sweets or any misbehaviour. Visiting a dentist should be a relaxed and fun experience. Smilefocus is a dental clinic which renders pediatric dentistry. Their goal is to encourage a relaxed and positive attitude towards dental care in you and your children, for life. With their trained and skilful pediatric dentists with more than 30 years of experience in pediatric dentistry including traumatized children and children with special needs, this goal is always possible. The role of pediatric dentistry is very vital in encouraging good oral hygiene and preventing tooth decay to help children function in school to their fullest thus encouraging good social relationship.
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