Effect of Virtual Reality Goggles for Changing Behavior of Uncooperative Children Aged From 3-5 Years Old during Dental Treatment

Abstract

Pain and anxiety are unpleasant emotional experiences, which are associated with real or possible trauma to tissues. Management strategies have been proposed to reduce distress during dental treatment in children and are mainly divided into two categories. The first module consists of behavioral techniques including the tell-show-do technique, distraction, modeling and hypnotism. The second category consists of pharmacologic techniques such as sedation and general anesthesia. Distraction appears to be safe and inexpensive and gives rise to an effective relaxed experience in short painful dental procedure. It is based on the assumption that an individual should concentrate on the painful stimuli in order to perceive pain; therefore, perception of pain decreases when a person’s attention is distracted away from the stimulus.