Pediatric Dentistry (Pedodontics)

Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry)

Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry) is a department that deals with the treatment of primary teeth as well as permanent teeth of children between the ages of 0 and 13. Children may experience dental problems, especially trauma and hereditary tooth.

However, children should be under regular doctor's control from infancy in order for both oral and dental and jaw development to progress in a healthy way. Dentists who perform treatments within the scope of pedodontics are called pedodontists.

What is Pedodontics Interested in?

Pedodontics (pediatric dentistry) performs both therapeutic and preventive and preventive practices. We can list the treatment methods and applications that the pedodontics branch is interested in as follows:

• *Recommendations about dental, oral care and nutritional advice for children,
• * Prostheses suitable for dental and jaw problems for children,
• * Tooth extraction and treatment,
• * Applications required to protect teeth from caries,
• * Anti-caries applications,
• * Treatment of traumas occurring in the teeth,
• Root canal treatments and other endodontic treatment methods,
• Treatment methods necessary to stop bad oral habits such as finger sucking, lip biting or nail biting,
• Treatments of milk teeth and young permanent teeth
• *Placeholders are also among the treatment methods applied within the scope of pedodontics.

The Importance of Milk Teeth

The importance of milk teeth draws attention in terms of having a healthier tooth and jaw structure in childhood and youth in the future. Milk teeth in children are 20 pieces in total.

In addition, milk teeth are important for children to eat more healthily during childhood. The ability to speak properly is also closely related to healthy milk teeth.

Permanent teeth will come after the area covered by the milk teeth in the mouth. In order for these permanent and permanent teeth to be healthy, harmonious and properly placed, milk teeth must also be healthy. If the milk teeth are extracted earlier, they are separated from the natural place-holding task they have undertaken in the mouth.

Pedodontics Protective Applications

Pedodontic-preventive applications are among the main purposes of pediatric dentistry. In particular, the first goal of the pediatric dentistry branch is to prevent all kinds of caries and problems that may occur in children's teeth in advance.

For a healthier and decay-free tooth structure, the priority is always in favor of protective applications. In addition to taking the necessary precautions during pedodontic protective applications, the family is also informed so that the child can be fed healthier and without damaging the tooth structure. Apart from these, covering procedures are also among the most preferred protective applications.

Fissure Sealer Application

Fissure sealant application is among the most preferred protective applications in the pedodontic branch. Thanks to fissure sealants, a fluid filling material is applied to the chewing surface, which will cause the formation of caries on the teeth.

Thanks to this filling material, the formation of caries is also prevented. Fissure sealants, which are preferred as a preventive application, should be checked by a dentist every 6 months.

Fluoride Application

Fluoride application is also one of the preferred methods within the framework of preventive practices and within the scope of pediatric dentistry. Newly erupted children's teeth are always much more vulnerable to the formation of caries than other teeth.

Fluorine, on the other hand, is a substance that prevents the formation of caries in the teeth and allows the teeth to have a stronger structure. Fluoride is preferred as a protective application in terms of strengthening newly erupted teeth.

Fluoride application, which can only be applied through dentists, ensures that children's teeth are resistant to caries. You can contact our clinic to get information about pedodontic treatment methods.