Pediatric Dentistry Evolution: Interdisciplinary vision of rehabilitation in pediatric dentistry

Historically, the management of dental caries was based on the belief that caries was a progressive disease that eventually destroys the tooth unless there was restoration.

Among the objectives of the treatment, the restorer is in the repair or damage by caries, protect and preserve the tooth structure, and maintain pulp vitality whenever possible.

Today, restoration there is no synonym for caries.

The restorations have a useful life, so you have to be very careful in choosing each case. Today we have an arrangement, materials with excellent properties of bioactivity, adhesion, aesthetics and functionality.

The current pediatric dentistry faces different aspects of them as interdisciplinary treatment. There are numerous cases in which we intervene in a timely, but which will later require a prosthetic treatment of greater durability and in different conditions of emotional, intellectual and occlusion maturation.

We need to adapt to that change and think about the future in what is convenient for our patient, fulfilling their needs

The assessment of evidence for each topic was based on a modification of the American Dental Association’s grading of recommendations: strong evidence (based on well-executed randomized control trials, meta-analyses, or systematic reviews); evidence in favor (based on weaker evidence from clinical trials); and expert opinion (based on retrospective trials, case reports, in vitro studies, and opinions from clinical researchers).