Who is a Pediatric Dentist?

After completing 5 years of undergraduate education at the faculty of dentistry, a pediatric dentist (pedodontist) earns the title of Doctor or Specialist by completing the doctorate or specialization program in the Pedodontics Department of the Faculty of Dentistry.

Pediatric Dentistry. Physicians during their training; He receives theoretical and practical behavioral guidance training so that pediatric patients can adapt to dental treatments. Thus, pediatric patients can overcome their fears and trust the pedodontist and have their treatment done.

Physicians trained in pediatric dentistry;

• Eruption disorders of milk teeth and permanent teeth, 

 

• deficiencies and dental anomalies seen in milk and permanent teeth

 

• tooth and gum diseases, 

 

• tooth injuries frequently seen in children and 

 

• Receives theoretical and practical training in the treatments required to prevent early loss of permanent teeth.

 

When Do Milk Teeth Start to Come Out (My baby's tooth hasn't come out, my child's tooth hasn't come out)

 

Milk teeth are part of your life. It begins to last (become visible in the mouth) in the first 6 -12 months. By approximately 2.5-3 years of age, all of the children's milk teeth will have erupted.

 

However, many children may experience late or early teeth eruption. Teeth eruption times are affected by both environmental and genetic factors. It is also known that many diseases and syndromes cause changes in the eruption time of teeth.

 

• Down syndrome,

• nutritional disorders, 

• hypothyroidism, 

• hypoparathyroidism, 

• pseudohypoparathyroidism, 

• hypopituitarism,

• growth hormone disorders  

It causes delayed eruption (emergence) of teeth.
 

• Nutrition disorder

• Vitamin D resistant “Rickets” ”

• Endocrine disorders

• Hypothyroidism(“Cretinism”)

• Hypopituitarism

• Hypoparathyroidism

• Pseudohypoparathyroidism

• Long-term chemotherapy treatment

• HIV

• Cerebral palsy

• Dysosteosclerosis

• Medications, Phenytoin

• Anemia

• Celiac disease

• Premature birth /Low birth weight

• Ichthyosis

• Other systemic conditions: renal failure, heavy metal intoxication, hypobarism

• Genetic disorders; familial/hereditary

• Mother's smoking  

It may cause the teeth to erupt late.

For this reason If your baby's teeth are erupting late or early, it is important to consult your pediatric dentist. Thus, you can find out whether the timing of tooth eruption is related to any nutritional disorder, disease or syndrome.

 

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