Assessment of Dental Anxiety Using Doll Placement Test in Miniature Dental Setup Among 3-7 years old Children with Verbal communication Challenges Compared to Children with Verbal communication skills

Fear and anxiety are the major obstacles in the management of Pediatric dental patients. The effective and efficient treatment depends on the alleviation of anxiety and fear of the child and developing trustworthy relationship with suggest the importance of pre-assessment of the fear and anxiety of the children, especially in children with lack of communication skill will become a major obstacle for a dentist during dental treatment. hence the present study was undertaken to compare and assess the anxiety among the children with lack of communicative skill compare to children with normal communicative skill using ‘DOLL PLACEMENT TEST’ in “MINIATURE DENTAL SETUP”