my reactions to activities in several areas which will affect our teaching of dentistry for children and handicapped individuals. Specifically, I have been asked to identify the impact of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)* Future of Dentistry for Children Committee report on pedodontic education. My comments are influenced by discussions at this meeting with pediatric dentists ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this assessment was to evaluate reporting of observational studies in the pediatric dental literature. METHODS This assessment included the following steps: (1) developing a model for reporting information in clinical dentistry studies; (2) identifying treatment comparisons in pediatric dentistry that were evaluated by at least 5 observational studies; (3) abstracting f...

Platelet rich plasma (PRP) has been a breakthrough in the stimulation and acceleration of tissue healing. It represents a relatively new approach in regenerative procedures and is a developing area in pediatric dentistry. It is an autologous source of growth factors obtained by sequestrating and concentrating platelets by gradient density centrifugation. This novel and potentially promising tec...

Presence of Candida spp. in infants oral cavity and its association with early childhood caries Fabíola Galbiatti de Carvalho 1* Thaís Manzano Parisotto 2** Josimeri Hebling 3* Luis Carlos Spolidorio 3*** Denise Madalena Palomari Spolidorio 3*** 1DDS, MS, Graduate Student 2DDS, Graduate Student 3DDS, MS, PhD Professor * Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Araraquara Dental Schoo...

Much interest has been focused on the use of midazolam (Versed~Roche Laboratories of Hoffman LaRoche, Nutley, NJ) for conscious sedation in pediatric dentistry. The drug has been used as a preanesthetic sedative in adults and more recently in children. However, studies are lacking concerning its use in pediatric dentistry. The purpose of this paper is to review the pharmacokinetics of midazolam...

1School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan 2Dental Department, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan 3Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan 4Bone Regenerative Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 5National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwa...

1College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, 622 W. 168th Street, Suite PH17-306, New York, NY 10032, USA 2Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, Mesa, AZ 85206, USA 3Graduate School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 4Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 100 E. Newt...

EDITORIAL article Front. Dent. Med, 29 November 2022Sec. Pediatric Dentistry Volume 3 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2022.1082263

background: the aim of this study was to study the knowledge and attitude of the pediatricians and family physicians on the dental counterpart, i.e. pediatric dentistry and the objective of this study were to determine what can improve the knowledge and attitude on pediatric dentistry and suggest certain methodologies to more participation of physicians in improving oral health. materials and m...

Mansi Jain1, Shalini Garg2*, Abhishek Dhindsa2, Mandeep Kaur2, Sanjay Kumar3 and Rajveer Singh4 1Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, MNDAV Dental College and Hospital, India 2Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, India 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MNDAV Dental College and Hospital, India...