This episode of the Australian Dental Association Dental File series, released September  2020 is taken from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry, congress in Hobart.   We interview some of the key note speakers and conference contributors:  Dr Greg Psaltis, a Specialist Paediatric Dentist from the USA is also known for his behavior management programs and how create a positive dental experience for young patients and their parents.   Professor Kimberley Norris, from the University of Tasmania talks about dental phobias and how it impacts on life-long health in not just our dental patients but across the general population as well.  Professor Norris shows how to help practitioners work with fearful patients.  Dr Vanessa Cho covers interproximal spacing and caries.  Whilst mary Ellen Psaltis, makes sense of diet and how Dentists help influence a child's life long relationship with sugar.