Dr. Rohan Bhatt

Deciduous teeth (first set of teeth) are now more commonly known as primary teeth. 

They are also known as baby teeth, temporary teeth and milk teeth. 

They are the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans. 

They are usually lost and replaced by [...]

Effective and efficient infection control in the dental office is essential for the safety of patients and to ensure that productivity does not suffer.Infection control means the prevention of disease transmission from the patients to the staff, staff to the patient and from one patient to [...]

Space maintainer is fixed appliance designed to preserve the space created by the premature loss of a primary tooth or agroup of a teeth. The premature loss of primary teeth due to cavities, injury, or other causes may leads to undesirable tooth movements of primary or permanent teeth including [...]

Good oral care begins when children are babies.You should clean your baby’s mouth after each feeding and spit up and for sure at least twice a day.This is to prevent fungal infection called candidiasis or thrush.

 To keep your baby’s mouth [...]

Many treatment options are reviewed for pulp therapy in primary teeth. It is mainly undertaken by indirect pulp capping, direct pulp capping, formocresol pulpotomy and pulpectomy. 

Difference between primary and permanent pulp therapy are the use of formocresol for root canal [...]

• These are prefabricated crown forms that are adapted to individual teeth and cemented with a biocompatible luting agent . Hence, stainless steel crowns have become popular in rehabilitation of grossly lost tooth structure in primary young permanent [...]

Baby bottle Caries or Early childhood caries is a major health concern that continues to negatively affect the oral health and eventually overall health of infants and children today.

Dental caries is a chronic disease that in children is five times more common than asthma and seven times [...]

Fluoride has not only remarkable chemical qualities but also has physiological properties of great interest and importance for human health. Fluoride has been described as an essential nutrient for normal development and growth. It is this affinity with mineralized tissues which explains how [...]

• Parents are advised to clean infant’s gums with clean, damp cloth after each feeding.
• As soon as first teeth come in begin brushing them with small bristle tooth brush and water. When a child is two years old begin using tooth paste because younger children [...]

Every individual has dental issues during the course of his/her life but when it is pertaining to children of small age it becomes very critical and one has to take extreme care for such cases. So even if the child is healthy one should regularly have the opinion of pedodontists.

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