PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Catalog description

Integrated Pre-Clinical Sciences. Pediatric dentistry is an age- defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs. In this course, students will learn dental anatomy of the primary teeth, eruption sequence of the primary dentition, behavior management techniques in the dental office, diagnosis and treatment planning of the pediatric patient, and the restorative principles of the primary dentition. Preventative measures and developing communication skills with the child and parent are important objectives of this course.