Robotics in Pediatric Dentistry: A Review

Abstract

Dental anxiety is one of the major challenges in pediatric dentistry not only in children but also adults face the problem of anxiety, causing people to avoid dental treatment which consequently, negatively affects their oral and dental health. To overcome these problems there are many conventional ways of behaviour management. But with new generation, Robotics is more advanced and rapidly progressing way to relieve anxiety in children. As children see robots in cartoons and find it more fascinating in real which will help to calm them. The goal of this approach is to reduce unpleasant perceptions, to avoid negative behaviour and escaping from the treatment. This will be a great alternative to advance medical techniques such as sedation and general anaesthesia. It is to direct child’s attention from a painful stimulus to more entertaining and amusing direction during their dental treatments by using humanoid robots and by making the therapy session less problematic and more comfortable in order to provide much comfortable treatment environment.