What is a Pediatric Dentist?

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Patient Education| 2021 What is a Pediatric Dentist? Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation What is a Pediatric Dentist?. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document152 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Subjects: Pediatric Specialist Handouts Topics: dentists Pediatric Dentists are dedicated to the oral health of children from infancy through the teen years. They have the experience and qualifications to care for a child's teeth, gums, and mouth throughout the various stages of childhood. Children begin to get their baby teeth during the first 6 months of life. By age 6 or 7 years, they start to lose their first set of teeth, which eventually are replaced by secondary, permanent teeth. Without proper dental care, children face possible oral decay and disease that can cause a lifetime of pain and complications. Today, early childhood dental caries—an infectious disease—is 5 times more common in children than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever. Pediatric dentists have completed at least Four years of dental schoolTwo additional years of residency training in dentistry for infants, children, teens, and children... Copyright © 20042004American Academy of Pediatrics You do not currently have access to this content.