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ReviewJournal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects2018

Does the length of dental procedure influence children's behavior during and after treatment? A systematic review and critical appraisal.

Zahra Jamali, Ebrahim Najafpour, Ziya Ebrahim Adhami, Alireza Sighari Deljavan, Naser Asl Aminabadi, Sajjad Shirazi

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Review in Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zahra JamaliAssistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ebrahim NajafpourAssociate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ziya Ebrahim AdhamiProfessor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Alireza Sighari DeljavanAssociate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Naser Asl AminabadiPostgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
Sajjad ShiraziResearcher and Lecturer, Dental and Periodontal Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effect of treatment duration on children's behavior and/or anxiety in the dental setting. To this end, a systematic search was conducted in Pubmed/Medline and Scopus from 1970 to march 2017 for English language articles that assessed the relationship between dental treatment duration or length, and fear/anxiety or behavior in children aged <12 with no confounding medical and/or psychological history and neuro-psychiatric disabilities. Four studies investigating the effect of treatment duration on children's behavior during and/or after treatment were included. None of the reviewed studies investigated the effect of treatment duration on children's dental anxiety or fear. There was a general tendency towards deterioration of children's behavior with an increase in treatment duration. In conclusion, our results undermine the validity of current suggestions about the appropriate treatment duration. Further clinical trials are needed to establish appropriate treatment duration for more effective behavioral management of pediatric patients during dental proce-dures.

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behavior management problemscopingDental anxietydistresstreatment duration

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PMID29732024
PMCPMC5928478

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