title: Paediatric dentistry in the new millennium: 2. Behaviour management--helping children to accept dentistry.
abstract: Children's dentistry can be a challenge for both the patient and the dentist. The way a dentist interacts with the child patient will have a major influence on the success of any clinical or preventive care. In order to deliver high-quality dentistry to a child whilst also developing a positive attitude towards dental health, the dentist should have a good understanding of the factors that might affect the behaviour of children in the dental setting. A working knowledge of strategies to minimize anxiety and make positive behaviour more likely is essential, as is a grasp of how best to deal with anxiety or negative behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Dental Health, Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fayle
authors.forename: Jinous F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tahmassebi
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology