INTRODUCTION
behavioral disturbance, hearing and vision, anxiety, pain
The foundation of pediatric dental practice is the ability to establish a good dental experience (Avery's et al., For many years the process of leading a child in the dental clinic was called “behavior management” but in 2005 the term “Behavior Guidance” was adopted in the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) to emphasize that the goals of behavior guidance are not to “deal with” the child's behavior but to establish communication with the child and with his parents to obtain good oral health (Avery's et al., Distraction is a technique that dissipates the child from the painful stimulus and allows for successful and high‐quality treatment (Al‐Khotani et al., The number of clinical studies on the effectiveness of the distraction technique in the management of dental fear and anxiety in children and adults during dental treatment is very low, and there is no consensus in methodologies and research results, which indicates the need for more controlled clinical studies on this technique (Prado et al., Distraction is defined as a behavior management technique that relieves pain and behavioral disturbance by diverting children's attention away from painful stimuli during extensive dental procedures (Aminabadi et al., The distraction can be negative or positive (active or passive), where audiovisual distraction is a type of negative distraction that affects two types of senses, hearing and vision, while playing video games is a positive distraction that affects an additional sense, which is the kinesthetic sense (Allani & Setty, Active distraction depends on the child participating in certain activities during the procedures and includes singing songs, pressing a ball with the hand, taking deep breaths, and playing with electronic devices (Srouji et al., 