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“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease”. The contribution of medical science in attempting to secure a child's healthy future is worth putting in a word for and the way it has improved the well being of the future of the world is immense. The paediatric health professionals have been entrusted with the task of helping a child maintain his physical and mental health and counsel the family to provide an environment conducive to his growth and development. The dimension of pedodontics is not just limited to cure but prevention and rehabilitation of the disease has become the central concept of health. Providing dental health care for child with fear and anxiety is more critical as the clinician has to perform the job with a motive to instil a positive attitude towards dental treatment and oral health care. The AAPD (2020) believes that “dental care is medically necessary for the purpose of preventing and eliminating orofacial disease, infection, pain restoring form and function of dentition and correcting facial disfiguration or dysfunction. 1