Maintaining and improving the oral health of young children.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Oral health is an integral part of the overall health of children. Dental caries is a common and chronic disease process with significant short- and long-term consequences. The prevalence of dental caries for the youngest of children has not decreased over the past decade, despite improvements for older children. As health care professionals responsible for the overall health of children, pediatricians frequently confront morbidity associated with dental caries. Because the youngest children visit the pediatrician more often than they visit the dentist, it is important that pediatricians be knowledgeable about the disease process of dental caries, prevention of the disease, and interventions available to the pediatrician and the family to maintain and restore health.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Section On Oral Health,
Published Date
- December 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 134 / 6
Start / End Page
- 1224 - 1229
PubMed ID
- 25422016
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1098-4275
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1542/peds.2014-2984
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States