title: Managing the crying child patient.
abstract: All crying is learned, and maintained through modeling, suggestion, reinforcement, and incompatible behavior. These same principles can be applied to changing crying-behavior into relaxed and cooperative behavior in children.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003448:Crying; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013404:Suggestion