Muscle Relaxation technique for behavioral management

Tell Show Do Technique for behavioral management

• Ask the child to lie down in a comfortable position. Ask him/her to notice how their muscles feel in each part of the body. Taking one area of the body at a time (face, shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, abdomen, legs, feet, and toes).
• Instruct the child to contract the muscles for 5 seconds, take a deep breath, and release.
• Next, instruct the child to contract all muscles simultaneously, hold for 5 seconds, then release.
• Finally, ask him/her to notice how his/her muscles feel after the exercise.

Rating 1: DEFINITLY NEGATIVE (--): Refusal of treatment, crying forcefully, fearful, or any other overt evidence of extreme negativism.

• Rating 2: NEGATIVE (-): Reluctant to accept treatment, uncooperative, some evidence of negative attitude but not pronounced, i.e. sullen, withdrawn.
• Rating 3: NEGATIVE POSITIVE (-+): Fluctuation between uncooperativeness and some evidence of unpronounced negative attitude, and cautious acceptance to treatment with reservation shifting throughout the visit.
• Rating 4: POSITIVE (+): Acceptance of treatment; at times cautious, willingness to comply with the dentist, at times with reservation but patient follows the dentist's directions cooperatively.
• Rating 5: DEFINITLY POSITIVE (++): Good rapport with the dentist, interested in the dental procedures, laughing and enjoying the situation.

weather the dental treatment completed or not