A review on non-pharmacological behavior shaping in pediatric dentistry emphasized on tell-show-do and it’s modifications

Abstract

Children with dental anxiety can refuse care, resulting in dental emergencies. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological behavioral guidance strategies reduce restlessness, establish a healthy dental behavior and safely, and ensure that babies, toddlers, teenagers, and individuals with special health-care needs receive highquality oral health treatment. For pediatric dental patients, guidance on protective stabilization and pharmacological behavior control is given in more depth in additional recommendations for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry clinical practice. Actions should never be retaliation for wrongdoing, assertion of authority, or use of any tactic that harms, shames, or belittles a patient.