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Parental Attitudes Toward Advanced Behavior Guidance Techniques used in Pediatric Dentistry

Patel, Monica Rajiv
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337600857

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2012, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Dentistry.
Purpose: To reexamine parental attitudes toward advanced behavior management techniques currently used in pediatric dentistry and determine how factors such as cost, urgency and amount of treatment influence parental acceptability. Methods: Parents bringing children for routine dental care viewed previously validated videotaped clinical vignettes of four advanced behavior guidance techniques: passive restraint, active restraint, general anesthesia and oral premedication (sedation). The study was conducted at both a children’s hospital setting and a suburban private pediatric dentistry office. Parents rated overall acceptance of the techniques, as well as acceptance under specified conditions using a visual analogue scale. Results: One hundred five parents completed the survey; fifty-five from children’s hospital and fifty from private practice. Overall, oral premedication (sedation) was rated as the most acceptable technique, followed (in order of decreasing acceptance) by general anesthesia, active restraint and passive restraint. As urgency, convenience and previous experience increased, parental acceptability of the technique increased. As cost of treatment increased, acceptability decreased. Acceptability rankings between the children’s hospital group and private practice group differed, as did the following demographic variables: insurance, income and race. Conclusions: The hierarchy of acceptability is changing with increasing approval of pharmacological management and decreasing approval of physical management. The healthcare delivery system, urgency, convenience, previous experience and cost all influence parental acceptability.
Dennis McTigue, DDS, MS (Advisor)
Sarat Thikkurissy, DDS, MS (Committee Member)
Henry Fields, DDS, MS, MSD (Committee Member)
46 p.
Dentistry
behavior guidance; parental acceptance of behavior guidance; behavior management; behavior management techniques

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  • Patel, M. R. (2012). Parental Attitudes Toward Advanced Behavior Guidance Techniques used in Pediatric Dentistry [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337600857

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Patel, Monica. Parental Attitudes Toward Advanced Behavior Guidance Techniques used in Pediatric Dentistry. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337600857.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Patel, Monica. "Parental Attitudes Toward Advanced Behavior Guidance Techniques used in Pediatric Dentistry." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337600857

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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