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Child Behavioral Management

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This chapter aims to conceptualize dental fear and anxiety in children and their implications on pediatric dental care. The chapter also presents the child’s behavior classification. Moreover, non-pharmacological (tell-show-do, voice control, nonverbal communication, positive reinforcement, distraction, cognitive behavior therapy) and advanced techniques like protective stabilization and pharmacological techniques (nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation, sedation, general anesthesia), which are commonly used in managing child’s behavior, are discussed.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil

    Érica N. Lia & Vanessa P. P. Costa

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  1. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil

    Soraya Coelho Leal

  2. Departamento de Odontologia, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil

    Eliana Mitsue Takeshita

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Lia, É.N., Costa, V.P.P. (2019). Child Behavioral Management. In: Coelho Leal, S., Takeshita, E. (eds) Pediatric Restorative Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93426-6_2

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