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- Title
Paws for little jaws.
- Authors
Deshmukh, Apurva; Aggarwal, Nilisha
- Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety is common in pediatric dental care and affects the behavioral management of children. Sedation, which is required for highly anxious patients, carries a risk of respiratory depression, neurological injury, and death. As a result, nonpharmacological approaches are needed for managing anxious patients in pediatric dentistry. Anxiety produces changes in the central nervous system, which sends stimuli to cardiac receptors through electrical and neurochemical pathways, increasing heart rate. However, contact with dogs has been shown to cause activation of the oxytocin system, which can decrease blood pressure and heart rate and increase the pain threshold. Relevance: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) can be useful and effective in reducing distress, HR, and anxiety especially in painful procedures. Behavioral management of the child by the practitioner may be influenced by the animal, since the presence of a dog promotes encouragement and improves social interaction and connection in child. AAT has been shown to improve children's behavior.
- Subjects
SOCIAL interaction in children; CHILD behavior; CENTRAL nervous system; HEART beat; PAIN threshold; PEDIATRIC dentistry; ANIMAL-assisted therapy
- Publication
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, 2024, Vol 42, pS274
- ISSN
0970-4388
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_59_24