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Key Points
- Oral health professionals need
to be realistic about how much cooperation they can expect from
young children.
- Pediatric
dentistry is often described as a triad of oral health professional,
parent, and child.
- For young children, the range of behavior-management
tools is much smaller than for older children.
- In addition to effective communication,
the tools that promise the most success among young children are tell-show-do;
simplified distraction using things familiar to the child; and, for children
who are mature enough to understand it, positive reinforcement of good behavior.
- Protective stabilization
(previously referred to as “restraint”) is used when
other behavior-management techniques are insufficient, such as
during emergencies or in the case of a child with special health
care needs.
- Parents are the
best person to help with the protective stabilization of a young
child.
- Many young children who need restorative
treatment will require some type of advanced behavior management such as protective
stabilization.
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