your child to a pediatric dentist is the development of good dental hygiene habits that will last throughout life. Pediatric dentistry is a specialized field that requires specific training‚ treatments‚ tools and medical knowledge beyond general dentistry training. They also learn how to engage young children to help make their visits to the dentist’s office enjoyable and as stress-free as possible for the parents as well as their children. When a child regularly visits a pediatric dentist twice a
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In both of these specialties there are several procedures that have to be done on the teeth to ensure that they are in good condition. In pediatric dentistry‚ there are stainless steel crowns (SSCs)‚ Composite Resin or tooth colored fillings‚ X-rays‚ dental cleaning‚ fluoride‚ pulp treatment‚ extractions‚ sealants‚ and space maintainers. A stainless steel crown‚ also known as SSCs are used to restore the teeth that are badly decayed to hold white fillings. When a tooth decays‚ there can
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Children make life interesting and spontaneous‚ which is why I firmly believe I would love pediatric dentistry. Children have always been a prominent part of my life--from teaching them how to play soccer at soccer camps to teaching them about the Bible in Sunday school. From these past experiences‚ I can say patience and creativity are the keys to success when it comes to working with children. Patience to teach them and keep them under control and creativity to keep them interested and craving
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definitely made me interested to that field ever since. When I was an undergraduate student at King Khalid University College of dentistry‚ Rafi Togoo‚ a professor of pediatric dentistry‚ was a great mentor‚ very helpful‚ and meticulous guidance. I admired him the most‚ which made me to set my future plan to be a pediatric dentist as Dr. Rafi. I had a feeling that Pediatric Dentistry would be the best carrier choice to spend my professional life with. I believed that
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made going to the dentist much more pleasant and painless experience. History is a very important aspect to dentistry because‚ it helps us to remember where dentistry started and how far the technologies and techniques have changed through the years we also‚ have to remember that if it wasn’t for the history of dentistry where would we all be? In my research‚ I will discuss when dentistry was first practiced‚ the important people who helped contribute‚ the different technologies discovered‚ important
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ABSTRACT A systematic review was performed on studies investigating current issues in implant dentistry. The Journal of Dental Research and Oral Surgery‚ Oral Medicine‚ Oral Pathology‚ Oral Radiology‚ and Endodontology were searched from 2004 to 2010 using ScienceDirect. Criteria for inclusion included: (1) studies of implant placement; (2) observations regarding permanent dentures; (3) data considering bone-to-implant healing; and (4) results of implant procedures in elderly patients. This electronic
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History of Pediatric Nursing Pediatric Nurses are defined as nurses who devote their knowledge and skills to caring for children and their families from infancy through late teen years (Pediatric Nurse). Pediatric Nursing did not develop as a specialty in the U.S. until the second half of the 19th century. During this period‚ hospitals did not admit children with communicable diseases because of high mortality rates. Most children were delivered with the help of midwives and cared for by their
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offered up to saints for the relief of pain. St. Apollonia of Alexandria‚ 249 A.D.‚ was one such saint. She is now the Patron Saint of Dentistry. II. Egyptians and Chinese. The first known dentist was an Egyptian named Hesi-Re (3000 B.C.). He was the chief dentist to the Pharaohs. He was also a physician‚ indicating an association between medicine and dentistry. In the 5th century B.C. Herodatus‚ a historian‚ described the medical art in Egypt: "The art of medicine is distributed thus: Each physician
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Written communications Forensic dentistry Forensic dentistry‚ which sometimes referred to as forensic odontology‚ is an exciting and dynamic area of dentistry. Forensic dentistry was officially recognized in 1969 with the establishment of the American Society of Forensic Odontology. Where dentistry interacts with the law‚ while the names are interchangeable‚ the field of forensic dentistry is commonly recognized by the identification of human remains‚ but it involves much more‚ and can also be
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essential in order to keep them all in tact as you age. The necessary place to start with the proper care of your teeth is preventative dentistry. Preventative dentistry is pretty much explained through its name. Preventative dentistry involves properly taking care of your teeth in order to prevent dental diseases. One of the diseases that preventative dentistry helps with is the prevention of caries. Caries is a dental disease that “among 291 diseases and injuries” was “ranked the most prevalent”
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