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Structured-Visual Model for Dental Examination in Autism Spectrum Disorder Children: Cooperation and Compliance

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Octavia, Alfini, Sitthisettapong, Thanya, Kettaratad-Pruksapong, Matana, Dewanto, Iwan·2025·International Dental Journal

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INTRODUCTION: Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience challenges in social interaction, communication, and sensory processing, which might influence their cooperative behavior during dental visits. To address this issue, visual pedagogy is commonly employed as a behavioral technique to facilitate successful dental examinations and treatments. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a structured-visual behavioral approach in promoting compliance and cooperation during dental examinations in children with ASD in the Yogyakarta Special Region Province, Indonesia. METHODS: A structured visual study was performed at the Muhammadiyah University Dental Hospital during the 2021-2022 period. The study included 5 intervention visits at 1-week intervals and consisted of the Success Approach, Tell-Show-Feel-Do, Visual Pedagogy, Audiovisual Modeling, In vivo Modelling, Behavioral Trial, and Auto modeling. A total of 37 ASD children who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The study employed a quasi-experimental design comprising 1 pre-test and 3 post-tests. The efficacy assessment encompassed 2 key dimensions: firstly, the ability to comply with the stages of the dental examination, and secondly, the degree of cooperation was evaluated using the Frankl Behavior Scale (FBS). RESULTS: The findings showed that 64% of the cohort could achieve the highest score in achieving the highest score stage of dental examination in post-test 1. As for cooperation, 75% achieved a score of 4 (FBS) in post-test 1. Changes in the achievement of examination steps and cooperativeness after completing the intervention showed statistically significant changes with the Wilcoxon test (P < .01). CONCLUSION: The structured-visual behavioral model approach was found to be effective in improving compliance and cooperation during dental examination in children with ASD in Yogyakarta Special Region Province, Indonesia. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These findings highlight the important point that the use of a structured-visual model in daily practice can be beneficial for children with ASD.

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  • Children with disabilities face persistent barriers to oral health services, including limited availability of trained providers, environmental challenges within clinics, and complexity of delivering care when cooperation is reduced.

    “Children with disabilities also face persistent barriers to oral health services. These barriers include limited availability of trained providers, environmental challenges within clinics, and the complexity of delivering care when cooperation is reduced.4”

    From Adapting the Chairside: Pediatric Dental Management for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders – A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Introduction describes sensory challenges in dental settings and says that reduced cooperation can delay essential dental care for children with ASD. The Discussion also describes examinations disrupted by communication difficulties and uncooperative behavior. The paper does not establish limited availability of trained providers, and its evidence concerns children with ASD rather than children with disabilities generally. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • The available evidence suggests that non-pharmacological chairside management in neurodevelopmental disorders may be most useful when implemented as a stepwise, patient-centered approach.

    “The available evidence suggests that non-pharmacological chairside management in NDD may be most useful when implemented as a stepwise, patient-centered approach.2,4–7”

    From Adapting the Chairside: Pediatric Dental Management for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders – A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Methods describe a staged, non-pharmacological dental-examination intervention, and the Results report improved cooperation among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Discussion also emphasizes preparing for each child’s needs with input from parents. The study does not establish that this approach is most useful relative to other approaches or that its findings extend to neurodevelopmental disorders beyond ASD. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • This review highlights an autism spectrum disorder-dominant evidence base, with limited representation of other neurodevelopmental disorder profiles such as tic disorders, dyslexia, and speech-language delay.

    “This review also highlights an ASD-dominant evidence based, with limited representation of other NDD profiles, such as tic disorders, dyslexia, and speech-language delay, in recent chairside management research.2,4,5,7,9”

    From Adapting the Chairside: Pediatric Dental Management for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders – A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Introduction and Discussion describe a dental-examination study focused on children with ASD, so this paper is an example of ASD-focused chairside research. It does not assess the balance of the wider evidence base or establish limited representation of tic disorders, dyslexia, or speech-language delay. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Across the included studies, outcomes included cooperation scales such as the Frankl scale, procedural tolerance or step completion, observed distress coding, and physiological markers including vital signs or electrodermal activity.

    “Across the included studies, outcomes included cooperation scales, such as the Frankl scale, procedural tolerance or step completion, observed distress coding, and physiological markers, including vital signs or electrodermal activity.4–7”

    From Adapting the Chairside: Pediatric Dental Management for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders – A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Methods sections on Cooperation and Compliance with the dental examination report use of the Frankl Behavior Scale and scoring of completed examination steps. The paper does not report observed distress coding or physiological outcomes such as vital signs or electrodermal activity; those parts of the multi-citation sentence are not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Within the recent evidence base, the literature was limited, predominantly focused on autism spectrum disorder, and highly heterogeneous in interventions and outcome measures.

    “Within this recent evidence base, the literature was limited, predominantly focused on ASD, and highly heterogeneous in terms of interventions and outcome measures.2,4–7”

    From Adapting the Chairside: Pediatric Dental Management for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders – A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Methods (page unavailable) describe an intervention study in children with ASD, so this paper supports the ASD-focus part of the sentence as an example. Its Discussion (page unavailable) identifies limitations of this individual study, but does not assess whether the wider literature is limited or highly heterogeneous in interventions and outcome measures. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Octavia, A., Sitthisettapong, T., Kettaratad-Pruksapong, M., & Dewanto, I.
Affiliations
  • Thammasat University (TH)
  • Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (ID)
Corresponding author
Sitthisettapong, Thanya
Venue
International Dental Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2025-06
Volume
75
Issue
3
Pages
2182-2193
ISSN
0020-6539 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4406380852
Cited by
6
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 1
FWCI
5.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Dental Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, dental examination, pediatric dental care, visual pedagogy, behavioral interventions, medication adherence, patient cooperation, in vivo models
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Cooperative Behavior, Female, Humans, Indonesia, Male, Patient Compliance, Dental Care for Children

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