title: Dental anxiety and pain related to ART.
abstract: Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) is considered to be well accepted, both by children and by adult patients. The objective of this review is to present and discuss the evidence regarding the acceptability of ART, from the patient's perspective. Aspects related to dental anxiety/fear and pain/discomfort have been highlighted, to facilitate better understanding and use of the information available in the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ART approach has been shown to cause less discomfort than other conventional approaches and is, therefore, considered a very promising "atraumatic" management approach for cavitated carious lesions in children, anxious adults and possibly, for dental-phobic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, School of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Soraya Coelho
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Danielle Matos de Menezes
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: Jo E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Frencken
mesh_terms: D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D057087:Dental Atraumatic Restorative Treatment / Q000523:psychology*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation / Q000379:methods; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction