Pedodonti (Pediatric Dentistry)

What is Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry)?

Pediatric dentistry, or Pedodontics, specializes in dental care for children aged 0-14. It aims to maintain dental health from an early age, addressing both primary and permanent teeth. Regular check-ups every six months are crucial to monitor dental and gum health, ensuring timely intervention if needed.

Pedodontists, and specialized dentists, provide comprehensive care, including preventive measures and treatments such as tooth extraction, pediatric dentures, and interventions to stop harmful oral habits like thumb sucking.

Establishing trust and communication with young patients and their families is essential for successful examinations. Regular dental visits play a vital role in ensuring healthy oral development and preventing future issues.

Pediatric dentistry safeguards children’s oral health, addressing problems promptly to ensure their well-being and quality of life.

The Pedodontics department deals with children.

It is a dentistry department that aims to ensure that children between 0 and 12 years of age have a healthy period of milk and permanent dentition.

Pedodontics covers the age group between 0-12 years.

Milk tooth staining can be both internal and external.

Intrinsic staining is caused by systemic factors such as traumatic tooth enamel formation diseases, blood diseases, radiation, fluorosis.

Extrinsic discolorations are usually black or brown discolorations that hold the tooth enamel and are caused by the consumption of dyed food, the use of iron medicines, the use of chlorhegsidine for a long time.

Yes, iron-containing medicines cause discoloration. Apart from this, antibiotics used can cause discoloration because they are dyes.

It is recommended to consume plenty of water with the medication as it has a sticky and thick consistency.

Early childhood diameter caries is commonly referred to as baby bottle caries.

It is defined as the presence of multiple carious lesions with or without cavities, tooth loss due to caries or the presence of a filled tooth surface in any deciduous tooth in children aged 0-6 years.

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