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Dhwani Dilipbhai Thakkar1, Raju Chepyala2, Eeraveni Ranadheer2
1Department of Dentistry, Doctor Dental, Connecticut, USA.
Abstract:
Managing dental anxiety in children remains a major challenge in pediatric dentistry, as anxious children often demonstrate poor cooperation during dental procedures. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of Tell-Show-Do (TSD), Tell-Play-Do (TPD), and smartphone app-assisted modelling techniques in reducing anxiety among pediatric patients. Anxiety was assessed pre- and post-intervention using the RMS Pictorial Scale. All groups showed significant reduction in anxiety scores, with the smartphone app-assisted modelling group demonstrating the greatest improvement. Thus, we show that interactive and technology-assisted behaviour management approaches may offer superior anxiety reduction compared to conventional techniques.
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