final test Flashcards
(31 cards)
Pediatric dentristy requires ____-____ years of additional specialized training after the four years of dental school to prepare for treating a wide variety of children with medical phsyical and mental disabilities
2-3 years
membership organization representing the specialty of pediatric dentistry
AAPD
whose mission is it to advocate policies, guidelines, and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children
AAPD
infant
0-1
toddler
1-2
preschool
3-5
school aged children
6-11
adolescent
12-18
a childs first dental visit is not usually scheduled until ages
3-5
a common appointment plan for children with little or no oral disease is every
4 or 6 months
the best time to schedule dental visits for toddlers
early in the morning
and afternaps
for young preschoolers utilization of the knee ot knee postitioning still may be needed
true
in 6-11 years of age
you need to examine the needs for pits and fissure sealents.
a perio assesment needs to be completed even if there is no bone loss.
true
at 6-11 child may have pockets bleeding and subgingival caculus
true
family configurations are
number of people in the household and there relationship to the child.
other caregivers the time periods and locations
socioeconomic status and education level of parents/guardians
what if untreated usually disrupts the eruption and alignment of permanant molars and premolars
early loss of primary molars
when ultrasonic scaling is utilized for a pediatric patitent with mixed dentition its only used on
permanant teeth not primaru
children with moderate caries risk to have fluoride treatment every ___ months and if they have caries ____ motnhs
6
3-6
as many as ___ of dental caries in school aged children occurs in pits and fissures
90
at 4 years old xylitol is recommened in divided doses of
3-8 g
use of xylitol chewing gum by mothers can prevent dental caries in children by preventing the transmission of ms
true
side effects of xylitol
gas and osmotic diarrhea
antibacterial mouth rinses are not recommended for childen under age of
12
main caregiver of the child may rinse once daily rinsing with a ___ % of chlorhehxidine glucantoe for 1-2 weeks
.12