Practicing Dentistry for Children

Description

The study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of illnesses, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity—commonly the dentition but also the oral mucosa—and of adjacent and associated structures and tissues—especially in the maxillofacial (jaw and face) area—represents the field of dentistry. Dentistry for children is carried out differently from dentistry for adults. With an emphasis on non-pharmacological techniques, this book extensively discusses numerous elements of child management relevant to clinical dentistry. It covers topics like how to interact with children as dental patients, the basics of behavior modification, how to evaluate a child's behavior, challenges associated with treating kids, how to administer local anesthesia to kids, how to take radiographs of kids, how to deal with kids who have hypersensitive gag reflexes, how to design a kid-friendly dental office, how to take special needs kids into account, how to manage a dental practice, etc. This book is a practical guide for dentists daily managing kids in dental offices. It helps a reader to acquire the abilities needed for making decisions and resolving issues in behavioral pedodontics.