Paediatric Dentistry

“Oral care doesn’t start when a child starts getting their permanent teeth. Oral care doesn’t start when a child starts teething for the first time. Oral care starts as soon as your child starts eating, which is as soon as they are born,” says Dr.Chandrakanth Majeti, the head dentist at Trident Dental Clinic. Oral care during the primitive years of one’s life sets the tone for their oral health in the future. This is why it is crucial to practice and teach healthy oral habits to your child and consult a pediatric dentist from time to time to ensure all is well in the oral world of your little one.

A pediatric dentist specializes in issues that are unique to infants, toddlers, tweens, and teens. A dentist takes years of special training to gain all the skills required to become a pediatric dentist.

Common Dental Issues In Children

Children’s teeth go through the most important changes before they turn 12. The following the common dental issues that children face:

• Excessive thumb sucking
• Tooth decay
• Tooth sensitivity
• Gum diseases
• Growth of permanent teeth before milk teeth fall out
• Delay in the growth of permanent teeth after the milk teeth have fallen out
• Teeth overcrowding or gaping

Apart from these issues, parents also seek guidance to improve their child’s poor dental habits. 

Dental Emergencies In Children

Children are playful souls. And when they are having the best time in their lives, little mishaps are common. But sometimes, they can get into some serious dental mishaps as well. For example a chipped or cracked tooth or a bleeding mouth. Unfortunately, these kinds of emergencies are more common than you would expect. A lot of times, parents rush them to the emergency department for treatment; dental issues are often noticed weeks or even months later!

Pediatric Dental Surgeries

Pediatric maxillofacial surgeons also repair birth defects in the maxillofacial area like cleft lip or cleft palate, micrognathia, jaw fusion anomalies, etc.