Children's dentistry

Children’s dentistry is a special department of a dental clinic where every day doctors solve important problems, which adult dentists do not always face.

This is not only the prevention and treatment of diseases of the teeth and oral cavity, but also the training of young patients and their adaptation to dental visits. The child’s first acquaintance with the dentist affects how he/she will take care of his/her teeth, how often he/she will come to the clinic for preventive examinations and whether he/she will have no fear of the most common procedures.

At what age should dental visits take place?

It is important for parents not to miss the moment when they need to get their child acquainted with dentistry for the first time, explain who a pediatric dentist is and why they need to be friends with him/her. Therefore, it is best to choose the time for the visit when the first teeth appeared, the child is healthy and feels no pain. That is, you can plan such a visit from 1 year of age.

The pediatric dentist will examine the teeth, the structure of the jaws, first teach the parents and then the child how to brush the teeth, advise on proper nutrition and options for the prevention of caries, and, if necessary, refer to an orthodontist for consultation in order to prevent impaired tooth eruption or malocclusion. Unfortunately, according to statistics, 80 % of children have carious lesions, often multiple ones, by 3-4 years of age. So, treatment needs to be planned at the first visit.

Why to treat baby teeth

Parents often do not understand why primary teeth should be treated if they fall out anyway. There are several reasons for this:

• - caries is a focus of chronic inflammation in the body which can cause an inflammatory process in other organs, for example, in the tonsils. Then tonsillitis develops in the nasal cavity (rhinitis, sinusitis), immunity decreases, cases of acute respiratory diseases occur more frequent;
• - premature loss of teeth leads to the development of malocclusion, speech disorders, can cause the development of gastrointestinal diseases since food is not chewed properly;
• - without treatment, caries in children progresses very quickly affecting adjacent teeth; pulpitis develops and it becomes very difficult to save a tooth; the process can also affect the immature permanent teeth and the jaw bone;
• - permanent teeth can erupt with defects, bend and change position due to dentition deformity,
• - psychological problems, especially in adolescence life.

Services

 Porcelain children’s dentistry is:

1. 1. Adaptation to the dental visit: the child is allowed to touch everything and explained how the equipment works; he/she is learned to brush the teeth in a playful way; during the treatment he/she is watching the favourite cartoon and then gets a surprise toy for bravery.
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3. 2. Diagnostics and treatment of primary and permanent teeth. Pain relief gels are used, so the child has no pain and fear.
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5. 3. Restoration of teeth affected by caries and injuries, including the front ones. We restore permanent teeth using the most modern materials which are resistant to temperature and mechanical stress.
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7. 4. Caries prevention:

• - Regular professional hygiene of children’s teeth with the use of toothpastes and other care products specially selected for children.
• - Fissure sealing —- grooves in the teeth are covered with a sealant which prevents food debris from entering and getting stuck in them and the reproduction of microorganisms.
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1. 5. Dental treatment under anesthesia.

Not every children’s dentistry in Kyiv can offer treatment of baby teeth under medication sleep, as this requires a special office and an anesthesiologist with the appropriate qualifications.

We are fully prepared for such procedures and perform them using the safe certified drug Sevorane. After consultation with the dentist and anesthesiologist, it is necessary to undergo some tests to assess the medical status. Just a few breaths in an anaesthetic mask and the child falls into in a medication sleep while the doctor can treat up to 20 teeth.

Everything runs as quickly and efficiently as possible without stress and pain. Children wake up in a comfortable room, as after a usual sleep, without stress and fear.

1. 6. Correction of occlusion, installation of braces and other orthodontist services. Modern pediatric orthodontics makes it possible to correct malocclusion and congenital anomalies. For this purpose, the following correction methods may be used:

• - Removable appliances for bite correction.
• - Myofunctional trainers.
• - Prostheses to preserve space in the dentition in case of premature loss of baby teeth.

Children’s dentistry sets prices depending on what materials and equipment are used, how complicated procedures are needed in each individual case. It is important to preserve not only dental health but also to do it painlessly and as comfortably as possible for the child.