Pediatric and Preventive Dental Medicine is a branch of dental medicine that focuses on children as its main patient group. Children are the center of pediatric preventive medicine, and we can safely say that they fall into an exceptionally good and grateful patients’ category.
For patients of all ages, including children, it is extremely important to have regular and daily oral hygiene, which, if neglected can become a cause of dental problems in the future. Small children should be taught to nurture the habit of maintaining oral hygiene, including daily teeth cleaning and avoiding excessive consumption of harmful foods which can cause long-term damage and premature decay. It is also very important to regulary visit a dental medicine doctor from the very beginning of the development of the teeth in order to monitor the development and progress of the teeth from the very beginning.
Pediatric preventive dental medicine at our clinic
Preventive dental medicine starts with the appearance of the first teeth. At our dental center, we take care of childrens teeth from their earliest age. We recommend the first dental visit at the age of three, giving the child an opportunity to meet the dentist in a non-threatening and friendly way, in order to fully trust him. It is very important the child accepts the first examination as a game assuming the importance of oral hygiene from their earliest age.
To protect their teeth we use methods such as:
fissure sealing
fluoridation of teeth
primary teeth treatment
plaque control and removal
functional and aesthetic treatment of traumatized teeth
Pediatric dentistry is a very important preventive tool which protects the primary teeth (xtremely important for the positioning of the permanent lateral teeth) up to their natural loss, and afterwards, regularly maintaining the health of permanent teeth.
Also, after the development of permanent teeth, regular visits to your dental medicine doctor can be used to timely determine and predict the development of the jaw, tooth structure and any need for orthodontics. Healthy childrens teeth and a healthy smile make chewing easier and learning proper pronunciation faster. Developing and growing awareness of the importance of teeth increases the chances of your child’s overall health.
At your first visit to our clinic, we will evaluate the health of your childs teeth and give you all the information and advice you need to keep your childs teeth healthy and to giving them a healthy and beautiful smile from the earliest age!