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CHILD MANAGEMENT IN

CLINICAL DENTISTRY



Ashwin Jawdekar

MDS (Pediatric Dentistry), PG Diploma (Hospital Administration)

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry

MGM Dental College and Hospital, Kamothe

Navi Mumbai, India





Contents

1. At the Beginning.... 1

2. Are Children Difficult Dental Patients? 4

3. Fundamentals of Child Management in Dentistry 7

4. Assessment of Child Behavior in the Dental Clinic 17

5. Techniques of Behavior Modification Revisited 23

6. First Dental Visit of a Child 38

7. Should Parents Remain with Children During their Dental Treatment? 46

8. Designing a Dental Clinic for Children 52

9. “Needle Phobia”—No More! 64

10. Pain Management in Pediatric Dentistry 75

11. Management of Children with Extremely Disruptive Child Behavior in

Dental Clinic 82

12. How to Take Good Intra-oral Radiographs in Children 87

13. Dental Management of Children with Hypersensitive Gagging Reflex 92

14. Need for the Pharmacological Management 96

15. Child Management Considerations for Children with Special Care Needs 100

16. Follow-up Visits of Previously Treated Children 110

17. Child Management from Practice Management Perspective 113

Appendix: Case study: Treatment and Behavior Details of a Three and a Half Year-old 119

Boy on Completion of Multi-visit Full Mouth Rehabilitation Program for

Severe Early Childhood Caries

Index 125