OVERCOMING DENTAL FEAR: Top 5 Methods 🦷 [Pediatric Dentist]

5 Methods:
1. Distraction, Show Feared Object to remove Fear of Unknown (but not in detail if actually scary)
2. Positive Reinforcement – helpful to be detailed with compliment. pt had limited English understanding so I kept it generic with compliments. (i.e. You did a great job staying still like a statue and keeping your mouth open, like a lion yawning in the jungle)
3. Light Touches – desensitize, reassure, distract
4. Tell-Show-Do – CLASSIC METHOD
5. Reassurance, highlighting positives – again, helpful to be detailed. Rewrite the experience, empower the child and his/her accomplishments, sympathize if patient had difficulty, but focus on what they did well on, not the hardships

Also effective but not used here:
6. HUMOR!
.
DR JOHN YOO
.
Beam City Dental – 🦄🦄🦄
Fort Lee, NJ
Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics
www.beamcitydental.com
.
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/dr.johnyoo
https://www.instagram.com/beamcitydental

#pediatricdentistry #dentistry #pediatricdentist #nyc #nj #뉴욕 #소아치과 #소아 #치과의사 #reels #dentist #beamcitydental #orthodontics