Abstract
The paper points out that in polish population dental and orthodontic prophylaxis is not widely propagated. It indicates the role of pediatricians in parents education of oral health prophylaxis and shows the role of primary health professionals in early detection and prevention of malocclusions and oral defects. In this paper the overall knowledge on dental prophylaxis was systemized. Dental caries and malocclusions are the particular problems concerning small patients. Epidemiological studies showed that the prevalence of malocclusions among polish children and adolescents is around 61.8%. Parafunctions together with dysfunctions and milk tooth early loss are the most common and significant etiological factors of acquired malocclusions. Pediatricians are able to detect many of that bad habits during out patients visits. Prevention is particularly important at the early stage of growing, because this is the time when stomatognatic system is the most susceptible for deformations. Thus, it is worth to remember that oral health is strongly related to general child’s health.
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