Non pharmacological behavior management

– Behavior management: basic principles

– Scientific foundations for the management of child behavior

– Factors of poor communication of the child: indications and contraindications for non-pharmacological methods

– The influence of parents and parenting style: the relationship with the behavior of the child

– Dental team: aspects of successful communication

– Basic and advanced non-pharmacological methods of behavior management:

- communication and communication guidance (appropriate to age)

- positive pre-visit imagery

- direct observation

- tell-show-do

- ask-tell-ask

- voice control

- non-verbal communication

- positive reinforcement and descriptive praise

- distraction

- memory restructuring

- desensitization to dental conditions

- enhancing control.

– Documentation of admission and individualization of the treatment plan

– Sensory-adapted dental environment (SADE technique)

– Animal-аssisted Therapy (AAT)

– Picture exchange communication system (PECS)

– A technique of protective stabilization.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists.