title: Mental health and possibility of treatment of young people in pedodontic practice.
abstract: The comparison of findings in individual groups supported our experience with easy treatment of normal individuals. The striking and frequent cases of impossible treatment of children attending the first class of primary school indicate that more attention should be paid to them, including various psychological methods (rational-convincing) Ginott's method, principles of psychoprophylaxis, psychodontic (psychopedodontic, suggestive methods). The patients with mental disorders behaved, in contrast to other two groups, in the same manner during examination and stomatological procedure. This is due to the fact that noncooperating oligophrenic patients are, after the first visual examination when stomatological intervention is indicated, treated under general anesthesia in all cases. Unsuccessful attempts to treat these patients may induce stressing experience, in addition to a possible imperfect stomatological intervention, so that the patient must be anyway treated under general anesthesia. The obtained results provide an orientation survey of the behavior of children and adolescents. The application of all suitable methods, including psychotherapy and premedication of mentally healthy patients, are recommended in order to avoid the difficulties during stomatological treatment.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nováková
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D016854:Dental Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry