Abstract

Purpose: The treatment of pediatric dental patients can only be as effective as the degree to which the parent consents to treatment. This study was designed to A) determine the most effective method of communicating a dental procedure to the parent of a pediatric patient and B) determine the impact that various presentation methods would have on a parent's willingness to give informed consent.

Methods: A Pulpotomy procedure was explained to each parent by one of the following methods; 1) written, 2) written and model, 3) verbal or 4) verbal and model.

Results: A statistically significant relationship was shown between the presentation methods and the parent's responses (P=.0290).

Conclusions: The verbal presentation was the most effective method of communicating a planned dental procedure. There was however no significant difference between the presentations methods (P=.0720), when assessing the parent's willingness to give consent.

LLU Discipline

Pediatric Dentistry

Department

Pediatric Dentistry

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

John E. Peterson

Second Advisor

Jay S. Kim

Third Advisor

Isabella Peidra Muñoz

Fourth Advisor

Joni A. Stephens

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1999

Date (Title Page)

9-1999

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Dentist-Patient Relations; Dental Care for Children; Patient Education; Pediatric Dentistry

Type

Dissertation

Page Count

vi; 27

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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