Anxiety & behavioral management Flashcards
What is dental anxiety?
A reaction to unknown danger
What is dental fear?
A reaction to known danger
What happens when fears continue to progress?
Turn into phobias
When may somebody develop dental anxiety?
After a bad experience
Taught fear - from patents?
What can be the outcome of dental anxiety?
Dental neglect
What a common physiological responses to anxiety?
Increase heart rate
Altered respiration rate
Shaking/ trembling
sweating
weakness/ fatigue
feeling of impending danger
powerlessness
tense
What can we use to assess patients level of anxitey?
CORAH Scale
MDAs scale
Options of care for anxiety…
Behavioral management
Behavioral therapy
Conscious sedation
General Anesthesia
What is behavioral managment?
Positive distraction
Relaxation techniques
Desensitisation acclimatisation
Hypnosis
CBT (therapy)
How can we help with needle phobia?
Desenitisation
Topical anaesthetic
The wand
