Question 208 · LDEK · Psychology and management of children in the dental office
A behavioral method for reducing anxiety and fear is:
- A. use of topical anesthetics.
- B. general anesthesia.
- C. oral sedation.
- D. systematic desensitization.
- E. use of local anesthesia.
Hint
Distinguish methods that modify a child's learned response to fear from those that only block pain or depress consciousness.
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