Pediatric Oral Health: From Prevention to Comprehensive Care
This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Dentistry & Oral Medicine".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pediatric dentistry has evolved toward a proactive model focused on personalized prevention, minimal intervention, and comprehensive care.
The Special Issue, "Pediatric Oral Health: From Prevention to Comprehensive Care," aims to bridge the gap between scientific evidence and daily clinical practice. Researchers worldwide are invited to submit original studies, systematic reviews, and clinical analyses across five key areas:
- Prevention and Early Education: Caries management strategies, the oral microbiome, and advanced remineralization therapies.
- Clinical Approach: Minimal intervention dentistry, trauma management, and early interceptive orthodontics.
- Behavior Management: Anxiety guidance, conscious sedation, and care for patients with special healthcare needs.
- Systemic Pathology and Technology: Connection between oral and systemic diseases, digital tools, and AI.
- Lifestyle Habits and Emerging Risks: Impact of vaping, modern diets (energy drinks), and stress-related bruxism in children and adolescents.
We look forward to collaborating with researchers and clinicians worldwide to build an impactful Special Issue.
Dr. Carmen Machuca-Portillo
Dr. Álvaro Jiménez-Guerra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric oral health
- early childhood caries
- pediatric endodontics
- dental traumatology
- behavior management
- minimally invasive dentistry
- digital dentistry and artificial intelligence in pediatric dentistry
- multidisciplinary and comprehensive care in pediatric dentistry
- special care pediatric dentistry
- interceptive orthodontics
- dental education
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Published Papers
Children - ISSN 2227-9067