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World J Clin Pediatr. Feb 8, 2016; 5(1): 102-111
Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.102
Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.102
Expression of pain and distress in children during dental extractions through drawings as a projective measure: A clinical study
Sai Priya Pala, Sivakumar Nuvvula, Rekhalakshmi Kamatham, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore 524003, India
Author contributions: Pala SP, Nuvvula S and Kamatham R substantially contributed to the conception and design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; all authors drafted the article, made critical revisions related to the intellectual content of the manuscript, and approved the final version of the article to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethical committee, Narayana Dental College, India.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to the study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: To the best of our knowledge, no conflict of interest exists.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Rekhalakshmi Kamatham, MD, Reader, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore 524003, India. rekhanagmds@yahoo.co.in
Telephone: +91-949-0426052 Fax: +91-861-2305092
Received: May 20, 2015
Peer-review started: May 21, 2015
First decision: September 17, 2015
Revised: October 16, 2015
Accepted: December 3, 2015
Article in press: December 4, 2015
Published online: February 8, 2016
Peer-review started: May 21, 2015
First decision: September 17, 2015
Revised: October 16, 2015
Accepted: December 3, 2015
Article in press: December 4, 2015
Published online: February 8, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Assessing the effect of an invasive dental treatment, like extractions, on children is very important. To achieve this, drawings can be addressed as a method for working with children. They act as narrative of children’s painful experience and emotions.