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Pedodontics (pediatric dental diseases)

Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry) is a department that aims to protect the milk and permanent teeth of 0-13 age group children in a healthy way, and to eliminate the problems caused by caries, trauma, hereditary and similar factors in these teeth. Pedodontics is a branch of dentistry that follows and treats the oral-dental health and maxillofacial development of children from infancy, and also includes preventive measures. In this period, pedodontists perform all kinds of preventive and curative treatments and preventive applications according to the oral and dental health needs of babies, children and young people.

Which Treatments Are Applied by the Pediatric Dentist?

• •    Oral and dental care and nutritional recommendations
• •    Child prostheses
• •    Tooth extraction
• •    Dental trauma treatments
• •    Endodontic treatments
• •    Restorative treatments in primary and permanent teeth
• •    Preventive measures against tooth decay (fissure sealant, fluoride gel, etc.)
• •    Prevention of oral habits (finger sucking, nail biting, etc.)
• •    Placeholders
• •    The most important applications within the scope of pedodontics are those that protect and prevent tooth decay.

When Should Children Have their First Dental Examination?

The first dental examination in children is recommended between the ages of 6 months and 1 when the teeth begin to erupt. The purpose of this examination, which is carried out at an early age, is to create awareness of oral and dental health in families and children and to ensure tooth decay with the right care and protective measures.

When Do Children's Teeth Last?

Baby teeth begin to erupt from approximately 6 months of age. The eruption of milk teeth is completed at about 3 years old, they have a total of 20 milk teeth in their mouths. Milk teeth are more prone to wear and decay due to their structural features. Children's permanent teeth begin to erupt from the age of 6. During this period, the existing caries in the milk teeth negatively affect the health of the newly erupted permanent teeth. Permanent teeth reach the number of adult teeth until the age of 12-13.

What Are Protective Practices?

The primary aim of pediatric dentistry is to take measures to prevent dental problems and to direct children to a caries-free future. The procedures applied for this purpose are called Preventive Dentistry Practices. For preventive applications to prevent dental caries, great importance is attached to educating the child and his family about oral and dental health and nutrition. Preventive dentistry applications include superficial fluoride and fissure sealant procedures.

What Do Fissure Sealers Do?

It is a fluid filling material that closes the deep and decay-prone fissures (grooves) on the chewing surfaces of permanent teeth and does not allow bacteria to reach there, thus preventing caries. Fissure sealant applications should be checked every 6 months.

What is Fluorine Application?

Fluorine is an element that prevents tooth decay and strengthens the structure of teeth. Since the enamel is not fully mature when the teeth first erupt, newly erupted teeth are generally less resistant to caries and are prone to caries formation. Fluoride strengthens the enamel, protects the tooth against acid attacks and thus helps prevent the formation of dental caries. Professional superficial fluoride application is a protective method that can only be applied by dentists. Superficial fluor should be applied by a dentist every 6 months.

How Should We Care for Your Baby's Teeth? What is Baby Bottle Caries?

• •    Do not put your baby to sleep by breastfeeding.
• •    Never put your baby to sleep with a bottle.
• •    Do not put the bottle into your own mouth to check the temperature of the bottle.
• •    Foods containing sugar can cause tooth decay when given frequently.
• •    Stop using baby bottles from the age of one and get used to drinking liquid foods from a glass.
• •    Clean your child's teeth only with a toothbrush. Help your child in oral care until all of the milk teeth erupt (2.5-3 years old).

What are the Frequency and Causes of Caries in Children?

The incidence of dental caries in children is between 80-90%. The most important reasons for the formation of dental caries are wrong eating habits and not paying attention to oral hygiene. It usually occurs when carbohydrate foods (sugar, honey, etc.) remain on the tooth surface for a long time. Bacteria existing in the mouth are fed with these food residues and acid is produced with the help of these microorganisms. This acidic environment causes destruction of the hard tissues of the tooth and creates dental caries.

What should be done to reduce dental caries in children?

• • Ensuring that children's teeth are brushed in the morning and before going to bed.
• •    Limiting the use of bottles and pacifiers
• •    Prevention of bacterial transmission from mother to baby
• •    Taking them to the pediatrician at an early age and providing fissure sealant application
• •    Children should be provided with fluoride, but it should be remembered that excess fluoride is harmful, and the recommendations of the dentist should be followed.
• •    Prevention of frequent consumption of carbohydrate foods (sugar, honey, etc.)

What kind of symptoms are seen during teething?

• •    Disorder in sleep pattern
• •    Increase in the amount of saliva
• •    Pain and fever
• •    Increased instinct to bite things
• •    Anorexia
• •    How can the problems seen during teething be reduced?
• •    Finger massage can be applied to the gums.
• •    Toys such as cold carrots or bananas, rubber tooth rings for the baby to play with can be used.
• •    Dental gels can be used by consulting the doctor.
• •    If he does not get relief with these measures, you can consult your doctor and use a pain reliever containing paracetamol.