Children are perceived as difficult dental patients by most dentists. Even the parents of children as

dental patients generally feel that it would be difficult for their children to undergo dental care. Dentists

usually give following reasons to call children ‘difficult’ dental patients:

• Children are not readily cooperative

• Children cry during dental treatments

• Children do not always accept instructions and follow orders

• Children may consume a lot of time on dental chair (more than anticipated)

• Children are unpredictable

• Children pollute the environment of the dental clinic with noise, etc.