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Trial reportClinical and experimental dental research2019

The motivational effect of multicolored dental restoration on dental behavior of first preliminary school children.

Lojain Abdulaziz Melebari, Seba Essam Attas, Abla Arafa

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Trial report in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Clinical effectiveness of picture exchange communication system (PECS) on 5- to 7-year-old children's oral health.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lojain Abdulaziz MelebariDental Interns at Faculty of Dentistry Umm al-Qura University Makkah Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8735-8061
Seba Essam AttasDental Interns at Faculty of Dentistry Umm al-Qura University Makkah Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abla ArafaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine Misr International University Cairo Egypt.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the motivational effect of multi-colored restoration on the anxiety level of pediatric patients at thedental clinic and its motivational effect on their oral hygiene status. Material and methods: A total of 30 participants. Results: Both groups revealed reduction in the anxiety level and improvement in their behavior at the dental office but did not reach significance. Plaque index showed a significant reduction per group and a near significance as compared between test groups. Conclusions: The use of the multicolored restoration could provide a potential advantage to improve the oral health status of children and might aid in enhancing their behavior at dental clinic particularly younger age groups.

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ColorComposite ResinsAnxietyChildChild BehaviorChild, PreschoolDental CariesDental Restoration, PermanentFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Education, DentalHumansMaleMotivationOral HygieneTreatment OutcomeComposite Resinsbehavior managementmulticolored restorationplaque index

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PMID31452950
PMCPMC6704034

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