Acta Scientific Dental Sciences (ISSN: 2581-4893)

Research Article Volume 6 Issue 9

White Attire Favored during Pediatric Patient Visit in Dental Operatory for the First Time: An Observation Study

Jayanti Ghosh*

Pediatric Dentist, West Bengal Dental Council (WBDC), India

*Corresponding Author: Jayanti Ghosh, Pediatric Dentist, West Bengal Dental Council (WBDC), India.

Received: August 08, 2022; Published: August 29, 2022

Abstract

Aim: To assess children’s perceptions of dentist’s white attire. Protocol is available in Prospero Database (International Prospective register of Systematic Reviews).

 

Keywords: White Attire; Pediatric Dentistry; Anxiety; Apprehension; Parents; Fear; Surgical Scrub

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Citation

Citation: Jayanti Ghosh. “White Attire Favored during Pediatric Patient Visit in Dental Operatory for the First Time: An Observation Study". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 6.9 (2022): 00-00.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Jayanti Ghosh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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