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The Importance of Paediatric Dentistry

Specialised dental care for children: how paediatric dentistry makes a difference.

Paediatric dentistry is essential for children's oral health. It focuses on preventing and treating oral conditions in children, thus establishing a solid foundation for optimal dental health in adulthood.

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What is paediatric dentistry?

As its name suggests, paediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry specialising in the care of paediatric patients, i.e. the youngest and smallest.

Paediatric dentists have a number of didactic adaptation techniques to ensure that children's first contact with the dentist is a smooth and pleasant experience.

The paediatric dentist is trained to resolve any clinical situation that children who come to the dentist's office may present.

What does a paediatric dentist do?

They are in charge of keeping children's oral health in optimal conditions. To do this, they perform different clinical procedures based on the needs or injuries they present, such as:

Elimination of caries
Endodontics in children (pulpotomies)
Orthodontics interceptive
Extractions of primary teeth
Topical fluoride applications

However, in paediatric dentistry paediatric dentists are not only in charge of cleaning and restoring children. One of their main roles is education about oral hygiene and prevention of oral diseases.

Therefore, they are trained to encourage good oral hygiene habits in children from an early age to prevent tooth decay and tooth loss. They can even guide parents and give them a lot of information on how to take care of their children's teeth.

It is essential to understand that children's oral care should start from the moment they are born and not after the first teeth appear. For this reason, an early visit to a paediatric dentist can give you all the tools you need to ensure your children's good oral health.

Thanks to their training in the behavioural management of children, paediatric dentists also have the ability to treat adult patients with various mental disabilities such as Asperger's, Down's syndrome, autism and more.

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What is the difference with a general dentist?

Children's mouths are different from those of adults. Because they are growing and developing, their mouths are constantly changing and have different characteristics.

The paediatric dentist has extensive knowledge of this, and has all the tools to solve any problem, whether it is related to caries or tooth eruption, in a quick and accurate manner that can reduce the impact it may have on oral health in the future.

What is interceptive orthodontics?

Interceptive orthodontics involves using removable appliances to help correct the position of teeth in children.

Because the bone is less dense during childhood, it is easier to mould and change the position of the teeth.

Interceptive orthodontics alleviates dental malpositions in order to make adult orthodontic treatment less complex and faster.

Interceptive orthodontics can also be used to stimulate jaw bone growth to prevent dental crowding and correct habits such as lip biting or thumb sucking.

Endodontics in children

The endodontics in primary teeth is slightly different than in permanent teeth. However, it serves the same purpose of avoiding tooth extraction.

In children, a procedure called pulpotomy tends to be performed, in which only the pulp of the pulp chamber is removed and the pulp of the root is left behind.

Although primary teeth will eventually be replaced by permanent teeth, it is essential to avoid extracting them prematurely.

This is because losing a tooth prematurely interferes with proper tooth eruption and creates alterations in both the eruption time and the position of the permanent teeth.

Make sure your child has the best possible oral health. Make an appointment at our clinics and we'll make sure your child has a healthy smile.

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