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Pediatric Dentistry
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Pediatric Dentist:
- Studies for 2-3 years more in an accredited pediatric program.
- Here the dentist become specialist and learn how to meet the needs of: infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special needs.
Pediatric Dental Assistant:
- Usually are certified D.A's
- Active Role in patients dental care.
Pediatric Dental Office:
- Open Bay setting
- Should feel cheerful and pleasant
- Entertainment
- Reading Material
- Colorful scrubs
- Some offices have a 'quiet room' for children that may need their own space
Eriksons Stages of Development:
1. Learning Basic trust
2. Learning Autonomy
3. Play age
4. school age
5. adolescence
Behavior Management:
- With behavior management the dental team can measure the patients behavior.
- The key points to have a better relationship with a pediatric patient are: be honest with the child, consider the childs point of view, always 'tell,show, and do', and give positive reinforcement.
Patients with special needs:
- usually the family of these patients maintain their physical and oral hygiene.
- Types of special needs are: mentally challenged, down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy.
Dental Trauma:
- Fractured Anterior Teeth
- Traumatic Intrusion
- Extrusion and Lateral Luxation Injuries
- Avulsed Teeth
Child Abuse:
- Dental Assitants and clerical staff are not legally required to report abuse.
- Dental team does have moral responsibility of any child that may be getting abused.
DA 270
Objectives:
Pediatric Dentistry
Dental Specialties
- Pediatric Dentist
- Pediatric Dental Assistant
- Pediatric Dental Office
- Pediatric Patient
- Erikson's Stages of Development
- Behavior Management
- Patients With Special Needs
- Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
- Preventive Dentistry for Children
- Pediatric Procedures
- Dental Trauma
- Child Abuse
Preventive Dentistry For Children:
- Oral Hygiene
- Fluorides
- Diet
- Sealants
- Orofacial Development
Diagnosis Treatment Planning:
- Medical and dental history
- Inicial clinical examination
- Radiographic Imaging
- Extraoral Examination
- Intraoral Soft Tissue Examination
- Examination and Charting of the teeth
Pediatric Patient:
- A child may have the same fears as an adult in a dental office so why should we treat them any different ?!
- Pediatric patients have different ages of development: chronological, mental, and emotional age.
Ms. Ivy
Isa Romero
Jarone Osinar
Denise Martins
Pediatric Procedures:
- Restorative Procedures (Instrument Size)
- Endodontic Procedures (Pulp Therapy, Pulpotomy)
- Prosthodontic Precedures (Stainless Steel Crown, Types Of Crowns)
Signs:
- Repeated Injuries
- Chipped or Injured teeth
- bite marks
- facial bruising