Dog Therapy for Dental Care Among Autistic Children: A Randomized Trial
Dog served mainly as an in vivo model and positive reinforcer. Our findings suggest that AAT could play a key role in helping children acclimate to dental procedures, and, consequently, ease the transition back to conventional, animal-free dental treatments.
Authors
- J. M. Tréluyer
- Frédéric Courson
- Hélène Fron Chabouis
- Benjamin Salmon
- Sébastien Jungo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-7286)
- Camille Ollivier
- Smaïl-Faugeron
- Hendy Abdoul
- Jade Nguyen
- Sandrella Hamdan
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut Necker Enfants Malades (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Hôpital Cochin (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Institut Cochin (FR)
- Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-073469
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00