by Mark H. Taylor, D.D.S.

The main objectives of this lecture are to:

1. Recognize that the world in which children live today is much different than in the past and this difference may require modification in practice routines of dentists.
2. Define and describe major types of behavior in pediatric dental patients.
3. Define and describe potentially cooperative behavior types in pediatric dental patients.
4. Describe a common behavior rating scale.
5. Define and describe tell-show-do technique.
6. Define learning theory.
7. Define and describe behavior shaping.
8. Define and describe aversive conditioning.
9. Define informed consent.
10. Define abuse and battery.
11. Define and describe reasonable patient standard of informed consent versus the professional community standard of informed consent.
12. Learn Dr. Taylor's techniques and tips regarding the examination phase, the injection phase, the operative phase, nitrous oxide, and parental involvement.
13. Define and describe the four plateaus of nitrous oxide analgesia.
14. Define and describe other aspects of the dental environment related to behavior management, such as age of the patient, the dentist's personality, maternal anxiety, the patient's past medical history, and the patient's awareness of problems.