title: Communicating with the New Generations. The Challenge for Pediatric Dentists.
abstract: Most of the children and parents are virtuous and will give us plenty of reasons to enjoy what we do. Unfortunately, we all know that something is somehow wrong with these new generations. Parents and children sometimes place Pediatric dentists in a dilemma. The social structure changes every few years causing a burden on how to deal with these families. For this reason, dentists might decide to sedate or go to the operating room when these children might be potentially good dental patients. Deciding this course of action, does not allow us to bond with them. Bonding with children must be worked and nurtured. This is part of what pediatric dentists are trained for. This manuscript will illustrate the major changes seen with the new generations of parents and children and how it affects us the way we work in our offices. We will show the importance of bonding with parents and children, moving beyond the biological aspects and venturing into the psycho-socio and cultural issues. Knowing our children and adolescents will allow us to detect potential physical or emotional hazardous behavior.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saadia
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valencia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D032763:Behavior Control; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D009909:Oral Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D035502:Trust
keywords: behavior; children; communication; dentist