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Dental Fear and Anxiety in Pediatric Patients

Practical Strategies to Help Children Cope

  • Covers a wide range of practical treatment techniques

  • Identifies the indications and limitations of different approaches

  • Assesses the evidence base

  • Explains the relevance of patients’ coping strategies to treatment

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Background and Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Background and Prevalence of Dental Fear and Anxiety

      • Annie G. Morgan, Jenny Porritt
      Pages 3-19
    3. Patient and Parent Preparation

      • Antoniella Busuttil-Naudi
      Pages 21-30
    4. Coping Styles in Children

      • Heather Buchanan
      Pages 43-56
    5. The Assessment Visit

      • Caroline Campbell
      Pages 57-70
    6. Treatment Allocation: Explaining the Options

      • Caroline Campbell
      Pages 71-92
  3. Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Communication and the Use of Language

      • Fiona Gilchrist, Caroline Campbell
      Pages 117-136
    3. Relaxation

      • Caroline Campbell, Fiona Hogg
      Pages 137-152
    4. Hypnosis

      • Fiona Hogg
      Pages 153-172
    5. Intravenous Sedation

      • Alan Hope
      Pages 173-195
    6. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

      • Zoe Marshman, Chris Williams
      Pages 227-237
  4. Moving Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
    2. A Child-Centred Service: The Voice of the Child

      • Zoe Marshman, Caroline Campbell
      Pages 241-252

About this book

This book is a comprehensive guide to pediatric dental fear/anxiety (DFA) and phobia that will provide practitioners with a full understanding of the etiology, prevalence, assessment, and management of these conditions. The coping styles of children when under stress are explored, with discussion of their relevance to the assessment visit and treatment allocation. Practical treatment techniques are comprehensively covered, from non-pharmacological behavioral strategies relevant for children with no or mild DFA to those approaches more appropriate for children with severe DFA/phobia. The importance of the use of language and communication skills to build rapport and allay anxiety is explored. Relaxation and hypnosis techniques are described, with guidance on how to introduce these to patients and their parents/carers. Techniques that help children cope when receiving injections are detailed, including systematic needle desensitization

; these provide practitioners with options to help resolve DFA and phobia regarding needles. Intravenous sedation, including the challenge of cannulation, is covered comprehensively. Furthermore, cognitive behavioral therapy is presented, with suggestion of practical self-help material when appropriate. The closing chapter looks to the future, discussing the barriers to and the changes required for the creation of more child-centered DFA services.

Reviews

“This is a guide to the management of pediatric dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and phobia to help practitioners fully comprehend all the factors associated with managing the condition. … The target audience is dental practitioners. Other audiences include students, residents, and allied dental providers. … This is a good quality, comprehensive overview of dental anxiety and phobia in children. The book is also useful in assisting practitioners in effectively managing patients in the dental office presenting with these challenges.” (Janet H. Southerland, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2017) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Caroline Campbell

About the editor

Caroline M. Campbell, BDS, MSc, MFDS RCPSG, M Paed Dent (Ed), FDS Paed Dent (Glas), is a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry with a Role in Undergraduate Training at the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is an External Adviser in Paediatric Dentistry to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland, Representative for Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow on specialist training committee for Paediatric Dentistry and chairperson of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry – West of Scotland Branch. Within her department, she has been responsible for a variety of initiatives. These include instigation of use of the child dental anxiety assessment tool Faces Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (f MCDAS), improvement of the referral pathway and patient management, introduction of a needle desensitization and relaxation technique, and establishment of a database for children attending sedation that has enabled her to evidence anxiety reduction for inhalation sedation, hypnosis, and relaxation techniques. She continues to undertake research, having received two research prizes and given talks on her activities at international, national, and local levels during the past 3 years. She is the author of a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she has extensive under- and postgraduate teaching experience.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dental Fear and Anxiety in Pediatric Patients

  • Book Subtitle: Practical Strategies to Help Children Cope

  • Editors: Caroline Campbell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48729-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48727-4Published: 07 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84004-8Published: 20 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48729-8Published: 27 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 252

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dentistry, Pediatrics

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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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