title: [Child in dentistry: person or puppet?].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Postgrado, Asociación Odontologica Argentina.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leyt
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives
vernacular_title: El niño en odontología: persona o maniqui?