PEDODONTICS (Pediatric Dentistry)
Pediatric dentistry is one of the branches in which 0-12 age group of pediatric dentistry is related to oral and dental health of children and dentistry, and it is also required to take a special training program on dentistry for five years.
The Department of Pedodontics is the only branch of dentistry that depends on the clinical sciences. Pedodontics or Pediatric Dentistry, ie Pediatric Dentistry, is a branch related to the diseases and treatments of milk and permanent young teeth in pediatric patients until the permanent teeth are completed. The Department of Pedodontics is also a branch of specialization that requires special attention and / or treatment of individuals with disabilities by using special techniques (under sedation or general anesthesia). The dentists who are trained in pedodontics and who are specialized in pedodontics are given the title of pedodontist. Therefore, the pediatrician is the person who is primarily engaged in preventive dentistry in the teeth of children from infancy to adolescence and who is interested in the treatment of dental diseases.
Pedodontics training and clinical applications include various topics in dentistry. The main topics of interest of pedodontics are:
* Protective dentistry (oral hygiene training, motivation, flour applications, fissure sealant applications)
* Orthodontic and preventive treatments
* Healthy Nutrition Trainings
* Informing and educating parents about pedodontics, about pedodontic treatments
Dental treatment of bruises that occur in children's milk and permanent young teeth,
* Treatment of excess tooth tissue losses due to caries in children's milk and permanent young teeth with crown coatings,
* Children's milk and permanent young teeth treatment of canals
* Treatment of traumatized and / or fractured teeth resulting from frequent falls and / or accidents in children
* Place and treatment techniques to prevent milk and permanent young teeth and tooth slippage in cases of forced labor
* Recommended night tint application for the treatment of bruxism in children
* Treatment of the use of protective oral plaques recommended in children who have sport
* Treatment of gum diseases in children
* Treatment of hereditary problems in children
In short, the department of pedodontics covers a long period starting from birth and extending to a child's 13th age, so the department of pedodontics is an initial step that will enable a child to enjoy dentistry as a whole throughout his or her life. For all these reasons, the department of pedodontics is a very special branch of dentistry, also related to child mental health.