Title: Behavior Changes in Children of Different Age Groups During Dental Appointment with or without Local Anesthesia by using Modified Venham Behavior Rating Scale

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: The basics of practicing child dentistry is dependent on the potential to guide them through their dental experiences. The idea of treating the patient and not just the tooth should be operative with all patients but it is more important with pediatric patients. The prime aspect of child management in the dental chair is managing dental anxiety, a world-wide problem and a universal barrier to oral health care.

AIM: This study was planned to assess the behavior changes in children during procedures with and without local anesthesia by using modified venham behavior rating scale.

MATERIAL & METHOD: It consists of 101 children of age 3-14 years and they further divided into 2 sub-groups i.e. 3-8 years & 9-14 years. Children required a procedure with LA (2% lignocaine with 1:80,000 adrenaline) and should have 1 previous & 1 next dental appointment in which procedures without LA need to be performed, were included in the study.

RESULT: Total cooperation was least during 1^st visit (procedures without LA) than the 2^nd visit (procedures with LA) & it was maximum during 3^rd visit (procedures without LA). Hence the prior experiences could influence the behavior of children at subsequent dental visits. There was a significant difference between 3-8 years and 9-14 years old with respect to behavior at 2^nd and 3^rd visit, although there is no significant difference in the 1^st visit.

CONCLUSION: Fear and anxiety influence child’s behavior to a greater extent which establishes the success of dental treatment, it is foremost to identify the anxious children at the initial age possible inspite to deal with them later, consecutive dental visits have been shown positive effect on psychological response that causes the improvement in behavior even during the procedures including local anesthesia. Therefore, the influence of 1^st dental visit can affect all future reactions and behavior to the dentistry.

Biography:

Aamna Rahat is a pediatric dental surgeon, working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Dentistry at SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, India. She has completed her “Master of Dental Surgery” in the subject of Pedodontics And Preventive Dentistry from Bareilly International University. She is University Gold Medalist for M.D.S and done her B.D.S from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, India. She has Received Medal for her B.D.S Program too. She has several paper publications and international E-book publications.