Key stone entity in paediatric dentistry: Tell play do

Abstract

The child behaviourmanagement in paediatric clinic is the way by which the dental health care team effectively and efficiently performs treatment for a child. To provide dental care for children good communication skills are necessary.Dental fear is a common, essential, and inevitable emotion that appears as a response to the stressful situation, which raises children’s anxiety level, resulting in reduced demand for paediatric dental care. Behaviour management is widely agreed to be a key factor supplying dental care for children. TSD technique was modified into Tell-Play-Do (TPD) technique, using the concept of learning by doing in reducing children’s fear and anxiety to dental treatment and promoting adaptive behaviour.