Child Life Interventions for Pediatric Dental Patients: A Pilot Study.

The purpose of this pilot study was to assess whether child life intervention can be an effective alternative to pharmacologic behavior management in uncooperative pediatric dental patients. Thirty uncooperative four- to eight-year-old patients with no history of a negative invasive dental experience were randomly assigned into two groups: experimental (E) and control (C). Group E was given two 30- minute child life interventions (CLIs) by a certified child life specialist.