Comparison of Different Distraction Techniques Used in Pediatric Dental Patients: A Systematic Review

Dental anxiety is one of the major problem that Pedodontists face while treating the pediatric patients thus, clinicians tend to perform one or other behavior management techniques in order to overcome dental anxiety in children.Thus, this systemic review aimed to compare and evaluate the published literature regarding the sequeal of distraction techniques on pain perception,anxiety and patient experience during dental practice.A detailed electronic search was conducted on 3 databases including PubMed,Google Scholar,and Cochrane Library.The databases were searched for articles published in the English language between 2015 and 2024.Among 144 studies,32 studies fulfilled the criteria of eligibility and were included in this study to be analysed (PRISMA).Various approaches have been proposed from time to time to overcome dental anxiety in children such as use of audio-visual aids and instruments, active distraction etc which manifested in reducing the anxiety level of child.