The pediatric dentistry focuses on the oral health of children and preteens. It is directed primarily to educate and bring the child to what is the habit of caring for your oral health.
The idea of Pediatric Dentistry is to educate the child at an early age. Thus, we can explain by them the way out of deciduous teeth or “milk” and the importance of these and the same also for the permanent teeth.
It is very important to work on teaching you how to brush your teeth, use mouthwash, as Fluoride to strengthen the permanent teeth from beginning to appear and prevent the onset of dental caries.
The bottom line in the Odontopendics is that the child feels safe and comfortable in the office. It is essential to change the mindset, especially for parents to go to the dentist is as a “child’s play”.
The Odontopendics is considered as a dental specialty beyond the types of treatments to be carried out; the cordial treatment of children should be the most important goal of all Odontopendics.
The Odontopendics looking gain the trust of the child from the very beginning so that the child values his mouth and learns to take care of such. Let the child see the dentist as a torture session that the only thing that occurs is the delay care pediatric dentistry and traumatize the child.
The type of treatment that will be performed by Odontopendics from prevention education as brushing, use of fluoride, sealants, use of dental floss, etc.. to more complex such as dental restorations of temporary or final parts, root canals and extractions treatments.
Dental care is essential to prevent the occurrence of problems. Therefore, a primary prevention can help counteract.
The main difference between the usual dentistry and pediatric dentistry in the treatment of caries is the presence of teeth in children which makes treatment change, so that injuries in primary dentition injuries treated in a less conservative and more aggressive than those occurring in permanent teeth, to prevent, in the worst case, could be given insufficient treatment to a temporary tooth that then his successor would affect the permanent tooth.