The fi rst dental visit is crucial in the formation of the
child’s attitude toward dentistry and future treatment
success. Tell-Show-Do technique is commonly used
by pediatric dentists in management of children’s
anxiety at a pre-treatment visit. It dictates that before
anything is done, the child be told what will be done
and then shown by some sort of simulation exactly
what will happen before the procedure is started. TellShow-Do
technique is based on principle of learning
theory;[5,6] and is performed by the dentists themselves
in the operatory room.