INTRODUCTION

TO
PEDODONTICS

Presenter: Nazira
Ahmadzai
Dr Ali Maisam Eshraqi
 Pedodontics??

Pedo Pais (Greek) child

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Dontics study of the tooth

Pedodontics or Pediatric dentistry is

synonymous with dentistry for children
 AAPD

o Newborn: 1-28 days

o Infant: up to 12 months
o Child: 1-10 years
o Adolescent: 10-19 years

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 DEFINITION

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (1999):

Pediatric Dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides

both primary and comprehensive, preventive and therapeutic

oral health care for infants and children through adolescence,

including those with special health care needs.

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 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

 1737 GERAULDY
Writes about theories of tooth eruption and exfoliation

 1763 JOSEPH HURLOCK

Published first book on children’s dentistry

 1764 ROBERT BUNON (FATHER OF PEDODONTICS)

Reiterates the importance of deciduous dentition

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 THE NEED FOR
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

• Hippocrates in the 5th B.C talked about the

differences between the child and the adult.

• In the 4th Century A.D. Celsius recognized

that the child must be treated differently from
an adult.

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A child differs from an adult in various ways :
Physical
Emotional and psychological
Consideration of behavior
Type of treatment
Dentist patient relationship
Parent dentist relationship

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 Objectives of Pedodontics

 Maintain functioning, esthetics and arch integrity of the

primary dentition.
 Treatment and prevention of dental caries in primary and
young permanent teeth.
 Child dental health care education to parents.

 Providing for patients' immediate dental needs and

initiating good attitudes towards dental health
 Importance of Pedodontics

 Special importance in PREVENTING tooth decay.

 MAINTENANCE of primary teeth (baby teeth) until they are

naturally lost.
 Serves as an EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE for parents.
 DENTIST-PATIENT
RELATIONSHIP

– The dentist must

be able to handle
children well.
– Perform to the best
of their ability

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 PARENT-DENTIST
RELATIONSHIP
– Dentist should be able to
CONVINCE the parents that
good dentistry for children is
an INVESTMENT in future
health
– Good dentistry does not
begin at dental chair, it
begins at home in
– Proper oral hygiene
– Adequate diet
– Carbohydrate restriction
– Participating in
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CONSIDERATION OF BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
The means by which dental health team effectively
and efficiently performs treatment for a child and
simultaneously instills a positive dental attitude in
the child (Wright, 1975)
It can also be considered as an attempt to alter the
child’s behavior and emotion in a beneficial
manner according to the laws of society

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 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• When rendering services of any kind to Children

one has to determine:
• What is best for the Child at that moment?
• What is best for the Adult into whom the Child will eventually
grow?
• Health of the Child as a whole
• Prevention of Oral diseases
• Restoring the mouth to good health

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 RATIONALE OF PEDODONTICS

• Maintenance of proper dental health in child.

• Children are the key to the future.
• The future adult dental health depends on the dental
healthcare of childhood.
• Children require special dental care at all ages because
they are unique physically and psychologically.

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PEDODONTIC TRIANGLE

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MODIFIED PEDODONTIC TRIANGLE

Society

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Thank You