Vineet Dhar, Elizabeth Gosnell, Jayakumar Jayaraman, Clarice Law, Martina Majstorović, Abdullah A Marghalani, Cameron L Randall, Janice Townsend, Martha Wells, Chia-Yu Chen, Rachel Wedeward
Purpose: To present evidence-based recommendations on nonpharmacological behavior guidance for the pediatric dental patient. Methods: The work group assessed eight systematic reviews for effectiveness of nonpharmacological behavior guidance techniques in children undergoing preventive care or a dental treatment visit. The key outcomes assessed included cooperative behavior, anxiety, and procedural pain. To formulate the recommendations, the work group used the GRADE framework to obtain consensus on domains such as priority of the problem, certainty of the evidence, balance between desirable and undesirable consequences, patients' values and preferences, acceptability, and feasibility...
September 15, 2023: Pediatric Dentistry