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New grant may help pediatric patients after negative dental experiences
Two Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry faculty members are using a $25,000 grant to explore whether a behavior management technique called “child life” could help previously uncooperative pediatric dental patients.
Drs. Carolyn Kerins and Kavitha Viswanathan, assistant professors in pediatric dentistry, received the grant in July from the North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative. They have already begun their research in the pediatric dentistry clinic with children ages 5 to 10.
Child life uses play, guided imagery and verbal explanations to develop coping strategies, emotional stability and decreased anxiety in young patients. As part of child life therapy, children are shown either model or real medical instruments and are allowed to explore and manipulate them using dolls.
Read the full story in the Nov2008 issue of Baylor Dental Record Online
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Orthodontics Round Table Discussion
Crooked teeth move quicker. Braces require
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Orthodontics Round Table
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