Objective assessment of the influence of the parental presence on the fear and behavior of anxious children during their first restorative dental visit.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

Parents play an important role in the dental behavior of a child patient. This study aimed to assess the effect of parental presence on the behavior of the child and objectively measure the behavior using pulse oximetry.

Materials and methods

The study was registered with the clinical trials registry of the National Institutes of Health (NCT02619981). The children were divided into three groups, those who had no accompanying parent, those accompanied by their fathers, and those accompanied by their mothers. The Venham anxiety and behavior scores were used for subjective measurements whereas the objective measurement of fear was done by measuring the heart rate using a portable pulse oximeter at six critical clinical situations. Statistical analysis was ca

SUBMITTER: Pani SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5022393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature