44^th World Dental Science and Oral Health Congress

Pediatric dentists

From conception to adolescence, children dentists are committed to the oral health of children. They have the expertise and competence essential to treat health of a child's teeth, gums, and mouth over all of childhood. Baby teeth began to grow in children around the first six months of life. They tend to lose their principal set of teeth at the age of 6 or 7, and these teeth are eventually substituted by secondary, persistent teeth.

Without appropriate oral care, infants may suffer oral problems and decay that could result in irritation and issues for the rest of their lives. An infectious ailment called early childhood dental caries is 5 times more common in children than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever. Twenty percent of adolescents among the ages of 5 and 11 have at least one untreated impacted tooth.