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Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Students Guide

Core course reading list for Pediatric Dentistry graduate students.

Behavior Guidance

  1. Boyce W.T. The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatr Dent (2014) 36: 102-8. 

  2. Fox C., Newton J.T. A controlled trial of the impact of exposure to positive images of dentistry on anticipatory dental fear in children. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2006) 34: 455-9. 

  3. Goleman, J. Cultural factors affecting behavior guidance and family compliance. Pediatr Dent (2014) 36: 121-7. 

  4. Hamzah H.S., Gao X., Yung Yiu C.K., McGrath C., King N.M. Managing dental fear and anxiety in pediatric patients: A qualitative study from the public's perspective. Pediatr Dent (2014) 36: 29 

  5. Howenstein J., Kumar A., Casamassimo P.S., McTigue D., Coury D., Yin H. Correlating parenting styles with child behavior and caries. Pediatr Dent (2015) 37: 59-64 

  6. Klingberg, G. and Broberg, A. G. Dental fear/anxiety and dental behavior management problems in children and adolescents: A review of prevalence and concomitant psychological factors. Int J Pediatr Dent (2007) 17: 391-406. 

  7. Martinez Mier EA, Walsh CR, Farah CC, Vinson LA, Soto-Rojas AE, Jones JE. Acceptance of Behavior Guidance Techniques Used in Pediatric Dentistry by Parents From Diverse Backgrounds. Clin Pediatr (2019);58(9):977-984. 

  8. Nelson, Travis. "The continuum of behavior guidance." Dental Clinics 57, no. 1 (2013): 129-143. 

  9. Pickrell J.E., Heima M., Weinstein P., Coolidge T., Coldwell S.E., Skaret E., Castillo Milgrom P. Using memory restructuring strategy to enhance dental behaviour .. Int J Paediatr Dent (2007) 17: 439-48. 

  10. Seligman, Laura D., Joseph D. Hovey, Karina Chacon, and Thomas H. Ollendick. "Dental anxiety: An understudied problem in youth." Clinical psychology review 55 (2017): 25- 40. 

  11. Versloot, J., Craig, K.D. The communication of pain in Paediatric Dentistry. Eur Arch of Paediatr Dent 2009; 10(2) 61-66. 

  12. Wells M.H., McCarthy B.A., Tseng C.H., Law C.S. Usage of Behavior Guidance Techniques Differs by Provider and Practice Characteristics. Pediatr Dent (2018) 40: 201-208.