Child Management in Clinical Dentistry

Table of Contents 1. At the Beginning 2. Are Children Difficult Dental Patients? 3. Fundamentals of Child Management in Dentistry 4. Assessment of Child Behavior in the Dental Clinic 5. Techniques of Behavior Modification Revisited 6. First Dental Visit of a Child 7. Should Parents Remain with Children During their Dental Treatment? 8. Designing a Dental Clinic for Children 9. “Needle Phobia”—No More! 10. Pain Management in Pediatric Dentistry 11. Management of Children with Extremely Disruptive Child Behavior in Dental Clinic 12. How to Take Good Intra-oral Radiographs in Children 13. Dental Management of Children with Hypersensitive Gagging Reflex 14. Need for the Pharmacological Management 15. Child Management Considerations for Children with Special Care Needs 16. Follow-up Visits of Previously Treated Children 17. Child Management from Practice Management Perspective Appendix: Case study: Treatment and Behavior Details of a Three and a Half Year-old Boy on Completion of Mult