Attitude of Dentists Regarding the "Parental Presence/Absence Technique" During Pediatric Dental Treatmen

Introduction: Considering parents' preferences and opinions is an important factor in dentists' choice of treatment techniques.Despite the relatively low attitude of parents towards the use of the "parental presence/absence" technique, dentists still use this technique during pediatric dental treatment.The present study was conducted with the aim of simultaneously investigating the dentists' attitudes regarding the "presence/absence of parents" technique during the treatment of 4-10-year-old children and determining the factors affecting this attitude.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the attitudes of 83 dentists regarding the "presence/absence of parents" technique were evaluated using an investigator-designed questionnaire.The questionnaire scored dentists' attitudes regarding the above technique and evaluated the background factors affecting the child's attitude.Data were analyzed with a significance level of 0.05. Results:The mean attitude score of the participants was 60.61±12.99.Also, 55.4% of participants considered this technique "unsuccessful".The factors "type of treatment", "child's age", "child's behavior", "parental behavior" and "implementation of the presence/absence technique", significantly affected the participants' attitudes.Conclusions: Dentists do not hold a highly positive attitude toward the "presence/absence of parents" technique.According to dentists working in pediatric dentistry, this technique has low success in guiding children's behavior.