Original Article

Year : 2020 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 2 | Page : 44-48

Dentist’s Skills of Behavior Management: A Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dentists in Managing Child Patient

Khushboo Rana, Subrata Saha, Subir Sarkar

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Khushboo Rana,

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

E‐mail: khushboorana26@gmail.com

Abstract

Context:

Dental specialists are relied upon to analyze and deal with all the dental diseases successfully that is inside the information and abilities procured during dental education. However, with regard to child patients, the dentist plays a unique role. Yet, without legitimate conduct of behavior management technique (BMT), there would not be successful treatment outcomes.

Aim:

Therefore, the study aimed to explore dental specialist’s skills in dental fear and to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of dental professionals in West Bengal giving treatment to pediatric patients.

Materials and Methods:

The cross-sectional study was conducted among dentists working in West Bengal providing treatment to pediatric patients. A structured English questionnaire intended with the end goal of this investigation was utilized. The gathered information comprises awareness and application of various BMTs while attending a child dental patient among dental practitioners; their sociodemographics; the level of professional training; working experience; faculty profile furthermore their perspectives concerning the improvement of practicing. Utilizing SPSS program version 18, frequency distributions and cross-tabulations analyses were performed.

Results:

Younger dentists were more aware (82.8%) about universally applied BMTs as compared to older (75%) (P = 0.6855). “Tell show do” were considered to be the most preferable technique (81.8%) and “Parental presence and absence” was the second most preferred technique (73.8%).

Conclusion:

As the degree of adequacy were marked "average" by the dental specialist in treating child patients. Subsequently, dental education ought to incorporate guidelines and techniques to prepare the impending dentists for an amazing practice in pediatric dentistry.

Keywords: Behavior management techniques, dental practitioners, survey

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

How to cite this article: Rana K, Saha S, Sarkar S. Dentist’s skills of behavior management: A study of knowledge, attitude, and practice of dentists in managing child patient. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2021;5:44-8.