BABIES LIKE BEASTS. WHAT ABOUT DENTIST?

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Dr Harshita Shukla*,Dr Shweta Chandak,Dr Durga Bhattad,Dr Nilesh Rojekar, “BABIES LIKE BEASTS. WHAT ABOUT DENTIST?”, ijmhs, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 538–544, Aug. 2019.
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Abstract

Introduction: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is an alternative or complementary type
of therapy that involves animals as a form of treatment. The goal of AAT is to improve a
patient's social, emotional, or cognitive functioning. AAT involves the interaction
between a patient and a trained animal that has been specially educated in this therapy.
The animals that conduct AAT are called therapy animals which are now-a-days used in
Pediatric dental clinic as an aid to improvechild behaviour.
Aim: To evaluate the acceptance of Dentist, Parents and child to therapy pets, child’s
choice of pet and to analyse attitude of dentist towards animal-assisted therapy in the
paediatric dental set-up as an aid to improve behaviour of the child during the dental
treatment.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among 60
children and their parents and 108 dentist. Chi-square test was used to determine the
association of independent variables with each of the main outcome of interest.
Results: The consent to the presence of pet was given by 56.67% parents
(p=0.0359,Significant) Children who chose dog as their preferred pet were 46.67% those
who chose cat as their preferred pet were 25% (p=0.049, Significant) Almost 76%
Dentist agreed that AAT helps in behaviour management for Pediatric dentist
(p=0.0001,S)
Conclusion: Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) can prove to be a good behaviour
management technique and can be a part of the exclusive Pediatric dental clinic.

Keywords: Animal-assisted therapy, Pediatric Dentist

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[1] Lobue V, Pickard MB, Sherman K, Axford C, Deloache JS. Young children ’ s interest in live animals. Br J Dev Psychol (2013);31: 57–69.
[2] Noga Lutzky-Cohen. Department Motivation to use animal-assisted therapy (AAT) among counselling and clinical psychology graduate students 2016
[3] Marie H. Therapists Using Pet-Facilitated Therapy. Home Health Care Manag Pract1996; 8(4):10–7.
[4] Velde BP, Cipriani J, Fisher G. Resident and therapist views of animal-assisted therapy : Implications for occupational therapy practice. Aust Occup Ther J. 2005;(October 2003);52:43–50.
[5] Pinto A, Santis M De, Moretti C, Farina L, Ravarotto L. Complementary Therapies in Medicine Medical practitioners ’ attitudes towards animal assisted interventions . An Italian survey. Complement Ther Med [Internet]. Elsevier; 2017;33(November 2016):20–6.
[6] Mbbs WJM. Attitudes of paediatric medical ward staff to a dog visitation programme. 2002;537–44.
[7] Gupta N, Yadav T. Parents ’ acceptance and their children ’ s choice of pet for animal-assisted therapy ( A . A . T .) in 3- to 12-year-old children in the dental operatory – A questionnaire-based pilot study. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2018;1–7.
[8] Trembath F. Practitioner Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding the Role Animals Play in Human Health. 2014;1–7.
[9] Kruger KA. Can Animals Help Humans Heal ? Animal-Assisted Interventions in Adolescent Can Animals Help Humans Heal ? Animal-Assisted Interventions in Adolescent Mental Health. 2004;(June).
[10] Hediger K, Hund-georgiadis M. Animal-assisted therapy in the view of staff members before and after implementation in a rehabilitation clinic Animal-assisted therapy in the view of staff members before and after implementation in a rehabilitation clinic. Hum Anim Interact Bull. (October) 2017; 5(2): 61-73
[11] Nammalwar RB, Rangeeth P. A bite out of anxiety: Evaluation of animal-assisted activity on anxiety in children attending a pediatric dental outpatient unit. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2018;36:181-4
[12] Kids health from Nemours for parents. https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/pet-infections.html

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