Children's Response to Sequential Dental Visits
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 56 (5) , 454-459
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345770560050101
Abstract
Behavioral, self-report, and physiological measures were used to study the response of young children to their initial series of dental visits. Their negative response increased from the examination visit through the third treatment visit, then decreased during the fourth treatment visit and the polish visit. Initially, dental experience appeared to sensitize the child to dental procedures. Experience may also allow the child to accurately distinguish between stressful and nonstressful procedures.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Sequential Changes in Response to Dental ProceduresJournal of Dental Research, 1970