European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry
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Eur Arch Paediatr Dent · Aug 2015
Comparative StudyDentists' use of behavioural management techniques and their attitudes towards treating paediatric patients with dental anxiety.
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dentists' education in treatment of dental anxiety (DA), dentists' attitudes towards patients with DA and dentists' use of BMT. ⋯ Country of graduation and postgraduate courses in DA had a strong relationship with dentists' use of BMT and dentists' attitudes towards young patients with DA.
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Eur Arch Paediatr Dent · Aug 2015
Dentists' self-perceived stress and difficulties when performing restorative treatment in children.
This was to explore factors associated with dentists' difficulties doing restorative treatment in children, in particular (1) stress, (2) clinical experience, (3) use of conscious sedation, and (4) use of local analgesia. ⋯ The frequency of self-perceived stress among dentists when undertaking restorative treatment decreased with increasing patient age from 3 to 18 years. When treating preschool children, a small group of dentists frequently or always experienced this as stressful work. The use of local analgesia or conscious sedation was not related to dentists' stress. Dentists reported less frequently use of local analgesia and conscious sedation in children younger than 10 years. Undergraduate and continuous education and support in the use of local analgesia and conscious sedation is essential to provide optimal dental care for this patient group.