ATTENTION DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A CASE REPORT

So, Jeong-Won; Lee, Kwang-Hee; Ra, Ji-Young; An, So-Youn; Kim, Yun-Hee

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2010;37(4):482-487.
Published online November 30, 2010.

ATTENTION DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A CASE REPORT

Jeong-Won So, Kwang-Hee Lee, Ji-Young Ra, So-Youn An, Yun-Hee Kim

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University

주의력결핍-과잉행동장애 환아의 증례

소정원, 라지영, 이광희, 안소연, 김윤희

원광대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실

Correspondence: Kwang-Hee Lee, Tel: 063-859-2957, Email: pedojy@wonkwang.ac.kr

Received: 20 November 2009 • Accepted: 10 November 2010

Abstract

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder in school-age children which is increasing gradually. It is hard for ADHD children to focus on particular stimulus for a long time. ADHD children are characterized by hyperactivity which shows in behaviors like, talking too much, getting up from their seats without permission, running around, keep on moving their arms and legs. ADHD children have problems with impulse controlling that they tend to fall and get into an accident very often. Thus dentist's attention and care must increase when dental treatment is performed with ADHD children since behavior control, oral hygiene problems, and trauma might be expected. By using sedative drugs and psychological behavior control, chief complaint was resolved in a 8-years-old female diagnosed for ADHD.

Key Words: Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, Dental treatment, Behavior control Abstract