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Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy through Adolescence

Using a unique age-specific organisation, this book discusses all aspects of paediatric dentistry from infancy to adolescence. Each age-specific section covers the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that children experience, as well as the epidemiology of dental disease at that age. Other chapters explore the examination, treatment planning, radiographic concerns, prevention, trauma, restorative dentistry, pulp therapy, orthodontics, and behaviour management of each age range.

Features
• Nine chapters in full color, providing more detail, especially in oral pathology and aesthetics.
• Revised sedation guidelines for paediatric patients.
• The latest caries risk-assessment information.
• Text boxes spotlight key topics such as tobacco use, the alternative restorative treatment, and brushing techniques for special-needs children.
• Anticipatory guidance, an innovative approach to preventive dentistry.
• Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment, with examples of clinical scenarios.
• Dental trauma and management.
• A new contribution on pulp therapy for young permanent teeth.
• Behaviour management, a critical topic when working with paediatric patients.
• chlorhexidine varnish, an important tool in the fight against oral disease.
• Age-appropriate topics in each section, such as genetic disorders in conception to age three; managing trauma in the primary dentition years and the transitional years; and aesthetics and sports dentistry in adolescence.
• New appendices include HIPAA information and a schedule for childhood immunisations.