International Oral Science Research

Pediatric dental fear describes the psychological state of tension, fear and depression shown by children with dental disease during dental treatment. At the same time, they also show higher sensitivity and lower tolerance in behavior, and may even resist treatment. With the development of the social economy and the improvement of peoples living standards, children as health care objects are more and more concerned with parents and doctors, and dental phobia is one of the important factors. When a child receives dental treatment, their fear may manifest itself in a variety of behaviors, such as facial tension, clenching of hands, twisting of limbs, crying loudly, or refusing to open their mouth. These behaviors have a great impact on the accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of dental disease in children, and sometimes can even cause treatment to be impossible.

Laughing gas; Children; Dental treatment