Pediatric dentistry is a branch of dentistry that provides oral and dental health services to healthy individuals or those requiring special care, from infancy to adolescence, and is also known as Pedodontics.
Maintaining oral and dental health in children is a very important issue. In children with poor oral and dental health, in addition to pain and infection, dental development disorders, nutritional deficiencies, disorders in social development and negative situations affecting the family can be observed.
The role of the family, as well as the pedodontist, is very important in protecting children’s dental health. Therefore, the first step is to provide accurate information to the family about oral and dental health.
Dental treatments for pediatric patients are procedures that require great attention and patience. Generally, for children who do not need urgent treatment, dental treatments can be planned from simple to complex, starting with short check-up appointments to introduce dentistry, the procedures to be performed and the instruments. In children who cannot adapt to clinical conditions, dental treatments can be performed effectively with general anesthesia or sedation methods.