PEDODONTICS

Oral and dental health can be maintained during the rest of the life by gaining good habits in childhood, like the other fields of the life. For providing this, the child will meet the tooth brush when his/her first tooth erupts and his/her parents brushes this tooth. Together with the development of motor functions in 2-3 years old, parents should give brushing habit to the child under their supervision.

Deciduous teeth leave their place to permanent teeth by the time. The end of this exchange period lasts until 13 years old. In this period, keeping deciduous teeth healthy until the eruption of permanent teeth is important. The best space maintainers for permanent teeth are deciduous teeth. Early loss of deciduous teeth may lead teeth crowding, not eruption of permanent teeth due to  lack of space in advanced ages. Therefore, treating deciduous teeth until their dropping time will prevent the orthodontic problems related with them in the future.