[Child in dentistry: person or puppet?].
Many years ago the author introduced and advocated the comprehensive approach in pediatric dentistry. He emphasized the priority of an empatic relationship among child, mother and dentist with positive communication channels. The use of sedation, other aversive methods and even an hypertechnical attitude are only attempts to avoid the child's anxiety. Wi need him as a total person, not as a typodont.
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Escuela de Postgrado, Asociación Odontologica Argentina.
D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives
El niño en odontología: persona o maniqui?