title: Considerations in behavior management of the pediatric dental patient. Helping children cope with dental treatment.
abstract: Pediatric dentists use their knowledge of psychologic development and current theories of behavior modification to direct children in coping with the anxieties present at any dental visit. Only if these psychologic techniques are inadequate will conscious sedation, restraints, or general anesthesia be used to control children's behavior during dental treatment. This article emphasizes how dentists help children cope with dental treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Musselman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001524:Behavioral Medicine; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant