What is pedodontics, who is called a pedodontist?
Pedodontics is the specialty of dentistry related to pediatric dental and oral health.
Pedodontist is interested in solving and preventing problems that occur in the mouth and teeth of children from infancy to adolescence.
What problems does pedodontics deal with?
Treatment of problems in children's oral and dental health
Treatment of caries in milk and permanent teeth, crown coatings in cases of excess material loss,
Root canal treatment in milk and permanent teeth,
Tooth extraction,
Treatment of fractures caused by trauma such as falling teeth and accidents,
Removal of discoloration of teeth.
Preventive treatment applied to prevent problems from occurring
oral hygiene education,
Informing and educating parents,
Information about healthy eating,
Fluorine applications,
Fissure sealant applications,
Preventive and stopping orthodontic treatments,
Application of night plaques used to prevent teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism),
Application of dental protectors used during sports matches.
What does the department of pedodontics cover?
* Factors affecting the development and calcification of milk teeth in the baby's life in the mother's womb,
* Postnatal tooth eruption and factors affecting tooth eruption in babies,
* Development, calcification and eruption of permanent teeth,
* Caries in children's milk and permanent teeth and their treatment methods,
* Methods of protecting children's oral and dental health,
* The relationship between oral-dental findings and systemic diseases in pediatric patients,
* Preventive dentistry,
* Dental traumas and treatments
* Preventive medicine and dental treatments for mentally handicapped children,
* It covers the practices of preventing problems that may arise in the future due to early loss of milk teeth.