Pedodontics (or) Pediatric dentistry
Pedodontics or pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry which deals with the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of teeth in children and adolescent patient, who are under the age of 16.
Pediatric dentistry: The specialty of dentistry concerned with the care of children and adolescent teeth.
According to wikipedia: Pedodontics is a branch of dentistry dealing with child’s teeth from birth to childhood the branch give facilities to people study this branch to can understand nature of children’s teeth which are called primary teeth, or deciduous teeth in scientific language, and also the permanent teeth of children and adolescents. Also, most pedodontists learn to take care of the dental needs of physically or mentally handicapped people, such as people with cerebral palsy or mental retardation.
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