Objective assessment of the influence of the parental presence on the fear and behavior of anxious children during their first restorative dental visit.

Aims And Objectives: Parents play an important role in the dental behavior of a child patient. This study aimed to assess the effect of parental presence on the behavior of the child and objectively measure the behavior using pulse oximetry.

Materials And Methods: The study was registered with the clinical trials registry of the National Institutes of Health (NCT02619981).