Dominant research interests of pediatric dentists: dental materials, craniofacial biology and cariology.

p ediatric dentistry has been defined as the specialty that encompasses all facets of dentistry limited to a specific age.10lsen in 1959 stated that it is "quite difficult to determine objectively the limitations or scope of research activity that should be included in or excluded from a report to the members of the profession. "1 Reports on the many different aspects of research in pediatric dentistry have been presented by different investigators. Olsen~ reported on selected research papers in pediatric dentistry presented by several investigators in the dental literature concerning aspects of dentistry such as oral habits and pulp therapy. Massler ~