Pediatric Dentistry (Pedodontics)

Pediatric Dentistry (Pedodontics)

Pediatric dentistry aims to protect and treat the dental health of children aged 0-12 years. The priority is to protect dental health because it is often not possible to perform an effective treatment for dental problems that occur especially in early periods.
Procedures Performed by Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric dentist; It carries out applications for the oral and dental health of infants, children and young people. These are the things that are provided for the protection of oral and dental health by the pediatric dentist;

• Precautions and protective applications against tooth decay
• Root canal treatment
•  Activities to stop habits such as nail biting and finger sucking
•  Filling
•  Tooth extraction
•  Prosthesis applications
•  Nutritional recommendations

Preventive Applications

Pediatric dentistry performs procedures to prevent the occurrence of problems before applying treatment against a problem. All applications made in this context are delaying and preventing the emergence of dental problems.

Fluorine Application

Fluorine prevents tooth decay as well as strengthening the structure of the teeth. Newly emerging teeth have a high risk of decay. At this point, it is aimed to prevent and stop the formation of caries with fluorine applications. It is recommended that a period of at least 6 months should pass for the application to be repeated.

Space Maintainer Treatments

It is a treatment applied when deciduous teeth fall out earlier than expected. Premature loss of deciduous teeth, which guide the permanent teeth coming from below, may cause disturbances in the alignment of permanent teeth. In order to prevent this situation, apparatus called space maintainers are used to maintain sufficient space for the permanent tooth expected to erupt.

Pediatric Dentistry and Its Importance

It is extremely important for the child in the developmental stage to be fed adequately and correctly. In addition, since it plays an active role in speech function, the importance of teeth increases even more. Especially since milk teeth are more sensitive, the process should be carried out with a pediatric dentist.

An adverse effect on teeth may cause loss of appetite, eating disorders, weight loss, fever and restlessness in children. For this reason, being in cooperation with the pediatric dentist will be a serious precaution against the negativities to be experienced.