Pediatric Dentistry [E-Book]

1. Pediatric Dentistry - Past, present and future -- 2. Child Cognitive Development: Building Positive Attitudes Towards Dentists and Oral Health -- 3. Pediatric body growth -- 4. Child dental fear, communication and cooperation -- 5. Behavior Guidance and Communicative Management -- 6. Examination, diagnosis and treatment plan implementation -- 7. Local Anesthesia in Pediatric Dentistry -- 8. Pharmacologic behavior management (sedation - general anesthesia) -- 9. Growth of the Craniofacial Complex -- 10. Tooth Eruption, Shedding, Extraction and Related Surgical Issues -- 11. Orthodontic knowledge and practice for the pediatric dentist -- 12. Dental Caries Prevention in Children and Adolescents -- 13. Restoration of Carious hard dental tissues -- 14. Pulp therapy in Pediatric Dentistry -- 15. Periodontal diseases in children and adolescents -- 16. Dentoalveolar trauma of children and adolescents -- 17. Developmental defects of the teeth and their hard tissues -- 18. Tooth wear in children and adolescents -- 19. Temporomandibular Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- 20. Oral Lesions in Children and Adolescents -- 21. The young dental patient with systemic disease -- 22. Disabilities, neuropsychiatric disorders and syndromes in childhood and adolescence -- 23. Child-centered dentistry: engaging and protecting children.

This textbook provides dental practitioners and students with all the knowledge required in order to treat optimally the oral conditions encountered in children and adolescents and to offer appropriate guidance on subsequent oral health self-care. The opening chapters are designed to assist readers in providing empathic care on the basis of a sound understanding of the processes of physical and psychological maturation. The use of sedation and anesthesia is then discussed, followed by detailed information on such key topics as tooth eruption and shedding, preventive and interceptive orthodontics, and control of dental caries. Restoration procedures and pulp treatment necessitated by dental caries, trauma and/or developmental anomalies are clearly described, with reference to relevant advances in dental technology and materials. Subsequent chapters focus on conditions compromising dental or general oral health in the pediatric age group, such as periodontal diseases, dental wear, dentalanomalies, TMJ disorders, and soft tissue lesions. The book concludes by examining treatment approaches in children and adolescents with disabilities, syndromes, chronic diseases, craniofacial abnormalities, and generally advocating children centered dentistry as it affects their quality of life. .