Pedodontics: It is the branch of science that monitors the oral and dental health of healthy and disabled children in the 0-14 age group, helps protect them, and applies treatment to milk and permanent teeth when deemed necessary.
Treatments include preventive and interventional treatments. can be classified.
Preventive treatments include local fluoride applications, fissure sealant treatments and space maintainers.
Interventional treatments are procedures such as fillings, root canal treatments and tooth extractions.
These treatments are performed under general anesthesia in young children and disabled people.
Oral and dental health in children is very important for their mental and physical development. When evaluated in terms of ensuring healthy nutrition, guiding growth and development, and speech development, a dentist check-up every 6 months is recommended.
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