Letting children watch a favorite cartoon is an effective and safe way to reduce anxiety before anesthesia and surgery, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (November 2012, Vol. 115:5, ...

Watching cartoons through video glasses during dental treatment could help lessen children's anxiety and distress as well as reducing disruptive behavior, according to a randomized controlled trial.

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this dental office is anything but ordinary. I love it. It's really fun fun at the dentist. It's so kind of magical, so much so that you might even see the tooth fairy, I had *** vision of Enchanted ...

A lot of people get nervous about going to the dentist. Some are downright afraid of it. And for kids, it can be especially frightening.But a dental practice in Tennessee has found an adorable ...