The field of pediatric dentistry covers all facets of providing dental treatment to kids and teenagers. It is predicated on fundamental understanding from a variety of dental, medical, and behavioral sciences that is applied to the special circumstance of the developing child and young person.

Keeping sound erupting teeth and maintaining the health of oral tissues is attainable by starting prevention in early life. Pediatric dentistry also refers to the early detection and treatment of the many oral diseases and conditions that can affect children and adolescents, such as caries, periodontal diseases, mineralization disturbances, disturbances in tooth development and eruption, and traumatic injuries in otherwise healthy as well as sick and disabled children.

Routine Pediatric Dental Care Includes the Following:

• Dental exams.
• Cleaning and fluoride.
• X-rays.
• Healthy eating counseling.
• Oral hygiene counseling.
• Fillings and crowns.
• Tooth extraction.
• Baby tooth root canals.

Maintaining dental health, changing bad behaviors, and getting the right care as quickly as possible all depend on early detection. In addition, parents receive a program of preventive home care (brushing, flossing, and fluoridation), a caries risk assessment, details on finger, thumb, and pacifier habits, and possibly guidance on avoiding injuries to children’s mouths and teeth, dietary counselling, and growth and development information.