Raghavendra Manjunath Shetty
Gulf Medical University, U.A.E
Title: Role of pediatrician towards dental and oral health in children
Biography
Biography: Raghavendra Manjunath Shetty
Abstract
Pediatricians examine infants several times during the first and second year of life. These visits are considered ‘well-baby’ or ‘check-up’ examinations to note the developmental progress of the baby, provide necessary immunizations, give the parents guidance concerning nutrition and discuss cognitive development. Thus, pediatricians are considered to be in a unique position to provide preventive oral information and to diagnose oral diseases in their patients early on, because of the early age at which children are brought to their offices. Parents usually seek pediatricians’ guidance in securing their child’s normal growth and development. If proper counsel regarding the child’s development and eruption of teeth as well as guidance for prevention of various oral diseases is rendered at this age, better oral health can be attained for these children. In order to achieve this, pediatricians must have proper knowledge in addition to time and inclination to educate the parents. The study focuses on various scenarios where the pediatricians can play a crucial role in maintaining oral health of the child and preventing various diseases, as pediatricians are often the first health professionals whom children visit.