Pediatric Dentistry Vocabulary

Flashcards on Pediatric Dentistry

Pedodontics

The practice and duties related to children's dentistry.

Caries

Common dental concerns related to children's dental care.

Preventive dental care

Preventive, operative, and home-care procedures for deciduous teeth.

Restorative dental care

Restorative care for primary dentition, including pulp-treatment procedures.

Patient Management

The need for control and/or sedation of the child patient and methods employed.

Trauma Treatment

Classifications and treatment methods for fractured and traumatized teeth.

Patient Identification

Methods used to establish patient identification using dental and personal records.

Childhood Disease Effects

Common childhood diseases that may affect the development and condition of the human dentition.

Stages of child’s development

A stage which includes dental, physical, and mental development.

Development and Growth Concerns

Examples include caries, epulis, abscess, cellulitis, anodontia, macrodontia, hyperdontia, and hypodontia.

Maintenance and Preservation of Dentition

Focuses on home care, dental visits, good nutrition, fluoride intake, enameloplasty and sealants, oral surgery and space maintenance.

Restorative Dental Care for Primary Dentition

Includes T-band matrix, stainless steel crowns, space maintainers, habit-breaking devices, and pulpal treatment.

Control and Sedation of Pediatric Patients

Involves positive reinforcement, distraction, voice control, rapid treatment, dental (rubber) dam, papoose board or towel wrap, topical anesthesia, and injection anesthesia.

Classifications of Traumatized Teeth

Classifications include Class I, Class II, Class III, Class IV, pulpal hyperemia, internal hemorrhage, and internal or external resorption.

Treatment for Dental Trauma

Considers smoothing of rough edges, pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy with or without endodontic treatment, and reimplantation and stabilization.

Dental Records for Patient Identification

Includes personal information data, dental charting record, radiographs of present and future tooth placement, and photographs for future growth.

Child Health Conditions

Includes AIDS, autism, blindness, asthma, cerebral palsy, congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, deafness, juvenile diabetes, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and hemophilia.