Category: Pedodontics
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How To Stop The Spread of Cavities in Kids
Why do children get cavities? Are their baby teeth important? How can I stop them from getting cavities?
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Maintaining Space in the Primary Dentition
When it comes to children, maintaining the amount of space available in their arch is very important. If space is not maintained, the permanent teeth may not have room to erupt, causing long-term problems that may have complications in the future – such as the permanent premolars ectopically erupting (erupting in a space they aren’t…
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Eruption Sequence of the Permanent Dentition
Teeth generally erupt in pairs at the start of age six – however, there are many factors that dictate which teeth erupt first. For instance, Girls’ teeth generally erupt before boys’ teeth Mandibular teeth generally erupt before maxillary teeth (*except premolars) Slim children have teeth that erupt before overweight children What is a succedaneous tooth?…
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