The pediatric dentist is the professional in charge of preventing oral health from an early age, as well as minimizing the risk of children developing odontophobia. Let's remember, the child of today is the adult of tomorrow. In this way, the pediatric dentist not only performs dental treatments but also dental education and prevention.
In this way, the pediatric dentist not only performs dental treatments but also dental education and prevention.
This specialty is characterized by focusing the appointment schedule according to the times, since it is the first visits that we mainly highlight. We must not forget that each child needs time to act, adapt, enter her state of confidence.
The pediatric dentist must analyze the child from his behavior in the waiting room, the entrance to the office, attitudes, as well as the type of collaboration, having as a prominent section the number of dental experiences he has had and how they have occurred, not leaving behind if the patient that we receive presents special needs.