Shehani A Farah, Ponraj Sujitha, Ramar Kavitha, A Victor Samuel, S Rajakumar, J Gayathri
Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2023 Jul 3;15(7):e41329. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41329. eCollection 2023 Jul.
As an emerging trend, non-pharmacological behavior management has gained immense research interest. By utilizing a bibliometric approach, this investigation aims to review the state of the non-pharmacological behavior management techniques research in pediatric dentistry. A Scopus search was done on non-pharmacological behavior management in pediatric dentistry, including literature from 1900 to 2022, using "Cited Reference Search" on 4/2/2022. After being screened, the articles were ranked according to the number of citations they had, and the publication year, authorship, contributing institutions, countries, article topic, study design, H index, and keywords were extracted. Out of the 1431 articles found during the literature search, the top 50 cited articles were used for analysis. The citation counts of the 50 selected articles varied from 163 to one, and their highest publications were in the years 2017 and 2019 (n = 7). Most studies were published in the United Kingdom (n = 10). The studies done in Australia and USA have the highest mean citation with the most significant contributions from the Department of Dental Medicine, Children's Hospital, Regional Medical Center, USA. The systematic review was the most frequent study design (n = 19). Among 110 unique keywords, dental anxiety (n = 11) was the most frequently used. This bibliometric analysis offers valuable details on the top 50 publications cited between 2006 and 2022. Although these methods have been employed for many years, only recently have they been the subject of significant scientific publications. It is hoped that this study will enable aspiring and seasoned researchers to envision and create potential future scenarios for interdisciplinary research collaborations on the use of non-pharmacological behavior management techniques in pediatric dentistry.
作为一种新兴趋势，非药物行为管理已引起了极大的研究兴趣。通过文献计量学方法，本研究旨在回顾儿科牙科中非药物行为管理技术的研究现状。于2022年4月2日在Scopus上对儿科牙科中的非药物行为管理进行检索，包括1900年至2022年的文献，使用“被引参考文献检索”功能。筛选后，文章根据被引次数进行排名，并提取发表年份、作者、贡献机构、国家、文章主题、研究设计、H指数和关键词。在文献检索中找到的1431篇文章中，选取被引次数排名前50的文章进行分析。所选50篇文章的被引次数从163次到1次不等，发表量最高的年份是2017年和2019年（各7篇）。大多数研究发表在英国（10篇）。澳大利亚和美国开展的研究平均被引次数最高，其中美国儿童医院区域医疗中心牙科医学部贡献最大。系统评价是最常见的研究设计（19篇）。在110个独特关键词中，牙科焦虑（11次）是使用最频繁的。这项文献计量分析提供了2006年至2022年间被引次数排名前50的出版物的有价值细节。尽管这些方法已经使用多年，但直到最近它们才成为重要科学出版物的主题。希望这项研究能使有抱负的和经验丰富的研究人员设想并创造未来在儿科牙科中使用非药物行为管理技术的跨学科研究合作的潜在场景。
