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With prevalence rates estimated between 5% and 20%, dental anxiety is likely to be the most common psychological disorder encountered by dental practitioners.  Dentally anxious patients often cite childhood experiences as the origins of their fears.   Some health centers (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Children’s West Hospital, Minnesota) have developed resources for preparing children for surgical procedures.  No such resources appear to exist for dentistry, yet dealing with dental anxiety is a common concern.  The third year course, Behavioural Science in Community Dentistry, deals directly with the causes, diagnosis and management of dental anxiety.  The proposed project encompasses the development and implementation of an electronic, web-based resource for aiding dental students in the prevention/management of dental anxiety in their pediatric patients.  Students would be guided through the anxiety resource by means of a self-study tutorial using case-based studies.  Our purpose is to provide students with a sustainable resource that is both a learning resource that provides supplementary instruction and a functional tool that they may use with their patients.  We would also like to explore the potential for use in other arenas.  This resource will also made available to private practitioners, hospital dentistry and the general public.  The resource would include a graphically-rich environment with information on routine dental treatment.  In addition the website will contain a downloadable illustrated “activity book” for the children including colouring pages, games and riddles.  The activity book will encourage children to familiarize themselves with the dental operatory, and will help explain aspects of routine dental care.  These will be developed in consultation with a child psychiatrist and dentists at the faculty, and will then be made available to students and parents.