The purpose of this paper was to examine legal issues regarding the management of pediatric dental patients and changing views of proper child care. Standards of care in pediatric dentistry are not static. They change in response to research, patterns of reimbursement, patient and parental expectations of reasonable care, and consensus among practitioners. The law pertaining to accountability f...

The goal of this study was to investigate whether men and women applying for graduate training in pediatric dentistry placed different emphasis on the same factors and program characteristics upon making their final ranking decision. A questionnaire was mailed to the first-year resident class in the United States in 2005 containing both multiple-choice and open-ended questions covering six sect...

Corresponding Author: Ritika Malhotra, Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People’s College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Phone: +919893905189, e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of the present in vitro study is to evaluate and compare antimicrobial efficacy of commercially available child’s dental formulas in ...

A commonly observed occurrence in pediatric dentistry is that of pulp chamber and root canal obliteration secondary to trauma. Ttn’s report describes a case of calcific metamorphosis in a primary incisor reversing and undergoing internal resorption.

Dr. J. Bernard “Bernie” Machen is President of the University of Florida in Gainesville. He previously served as President of the University of Utah, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Associate Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, and President of the American ...

Dr. Waldman is Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University; Dr. Perlman is Global Clinical Director, Special Olympics, Special Smiles, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and in private practice in Lynn, MA; and Dr. Xu is Clinical Assistant Professor, De...

Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes that providing both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care to individuals with special health care needs (SHCN) is an integral part of the specialty of pediatric dentistry.1 The AAPD values the unique qualities of each person and the need to ensure maximal health attainment for all, regardless o...

ABBREVIATIONS AAOMR: American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. AAPD: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. ADA: American Dental Association. CBCT: Cone-beam computed tomography. FDA: Food and Drug Administration. Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) intends these recommendations to help practitioners make clinical decisions concerning appropriate selection o...

1. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Kyungbok University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2. Dental Spa Dental Clinic, Daejeon, Republic of Korea 3. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea 4. Oral Health Research Institute, Korean Academy of Systematic Stomatology, Seoul, Republic of Korea 5. Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwan...

1. Dept. of Orthodoncy, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 2. Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 3. Dept. of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 4. Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur ...