Sharing responsibility a holistic approach to addressing early childhood caries.

An initial step in this regard can be integrating preventive oral health care with the immunization visits of the child. During these visits, pediatricians can provide counseling on caries prevention and encourage parents to make well-child visit to a dentist. The inclusion of oral health status of the child in the immunization-card can serve as record of the preventive oral health services provided and a reminder for subsequent interventions.