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Pediatric Dental Restoration: Innovations in Treatment and Materials
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Pediatric Dental Restoration: Innovations in Treatment and Materials

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Dentistry & Oral Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2026) | Viewed by 1463

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kasia Zaborowicz

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Department of Orthodontics and Facial Malformations, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Bukowska 70, 60-812 Poznań, Poland
Interests: pediatric dentistry; orthodontics
Dr. Barbara Biedziak

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Department of Orthodontics and Facial Malformations, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Bukowska 70, 60-812 Poznań, Poland
Interests: orthodontics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The success of dental treatment depends not only on the knowledge and skills of the dentist but also on the materials and techniques used. In recent years, significant technological advances have led to the development of entirely new materials that improve treatment outcomes, as well as innovative techniques that support the dentist’s work. These include computer-based tools for treatment planning and decision-making, often incorporating artificial intelligence modules that assist clinicians in making choices and monitoring clinical decisions.

This Special Issue of the journal Children, entitled Pediatric Dental Restoration: Innovations in Treatment and Materials, is dedicated to presenting innovative research in this field. Topics of particular importance for this Special Issue include behavioral methods for addressing anxiety and dentophobia in young patients, novel dental materials and biomaterials, regeneration and therapies using biomaterials, digital technologies and artificial intelligence in pediatric dentistry, and clinical procedures and approaches that prioritize the comfort and cooperation of the child.

I invite you to submit original research articles devoted to innovative treatment methods for young patients, with particular emphasis on approaches for overcoming dental anxiety, the use of modern materials, and advanced techniques, including applications of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Kasia Zaborowicz
Dr. Barbara Biedziak
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • pediatric dentistry
  • dental materials and biomaterials
  • digital technologies in dentistry
  • artificial intelligence in dentistry
  • clinical procedures
  • regeneration and biomaterial therapies
  • child comfort and cooperation

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The Nexø Method—Clinical Evidence for the Paradigm Shift in Caries Management for Children and Adolescents in Denmark Being Cost-Effective
by Kim Rud Ekstrand and Mauri Erik Christian Christiansen
Children 2026, 13(3), 432; https://doi.org/10.3390/children13030432 - 22 Mar 2026
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Introduction: In the period from the 1960s to the new millennium, dental care for children in Denmark focused mostly on drilling and filling lesions once they appeared. This often led to repeated operative treatments, not to mention the trauma related to the [...] Read more.
Introduction: In the period from the 1960s to the new millennium, dental care for children in Denmark focused mostly on drilling and filling lesions once they appeared. This often led to repeated operative treatments, not to mention the trauma related to the many anxiety-provoking dental treatments undergone by these children. Aim: It is cost-effective to document, by means of clinical data over a 25-year period, that the paradigm shift from operative management of caries to a more non-operative approach. Method: The name of the program is the Nexø method, which was developed in 1987 in the Municipality of Nexø (one of 275 municipalities) in Denmark. The method was operationalized into a structured approach based on three principles, dosed at individually assessed recalls according to diagnosis and risk assessment. The risk assessment was based on four risk criteria, each divided into a “good” (1 point) or “bad” (2 points) situation, which were eventually used to assess the length of the interval between visits to the clinic. Outcomes: National Danish oral health data (SCOR) and oral health data from the Nexø municipality from 1985 to 2005 were analyzed, descriptively as well as statistically (Welch’s t-test, 95%CI and Cohen’s d), to compare the caries experience on a national level with data from Nexø in terms of mean defs/DMFS and percentage of 5-, 15-, and 18-year-olds with a defs/DMFS = 0. Results: The mean defs/DMFS or percentage of children with a defs = 0/DMFS = 0 in Nexø was, prior to the implementation of the Nexø method (before 1987), at the national level or worse. The mean defs/DMFS dropped significantly (p-values < 0.0001) from 1990 onwards in Nexø in 5-, 15- and 18-year-olds compared to national data. The DMFS = 0 among 15-yr-olds in Nexø reached 80% in 2005 compared with 40% nationally in the same year. For 15-yr-olds in 2005, the effect size expressed by Cohen’s d = −0.43, indicating a moderate effect of the Nexø method. The mean number of sealed surfaces in 2003 was 3.1 (1SD = 1.6) in 39 reporting municipalities, and for Nexø the mean value was 2.8 surfaces. The cost (price/child/year) was under control over the years. Conclusions: The Nexø Method shows the clinical evidence that the paradigm shift to prevention of the disease process, rather than operative intervention, is cost effective, even with a rather limited use of sealants. A reduction in fear and anxiety-provoking dental treatments in Nexø compared to most other municipalities in Denmark is expected. Full article
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Digital Technologies in Diagnosing Solitary Median Maxillary Central Incisor Syndrome
by Katarzyna Cieślińska, Karolina Karbowska, Katarzyna Zaborowicz and Barbara Biedziak
Children 2026, 13(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/children13010011 - 20 Dec 2025
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Solitary Median Maxillary Central Incisor Syndrome is unique congenital developmental defect affecting midline structures of the head and the body. The prevalent symptom is a solitary median incisor of the maxilla in primary and secondary dentition, which is positioned exactly in the midline [...] Read more.
Solitary Median Maxillary Central Incisor Syndrome is unique congenital developmental defect affecting midline structures of the head and the body. The prevalent symptom is a solitary median incisor of the maxilla in primary and secondary dentition, which is positioned exactly in the midline of the alveolus. Other abnormalities that are characteristic of the syndrome include holoprosencephaly, nasal cavity anomalies, cleft palate–lip, hypotelorism, and microcephaly. It is estimated to occur in 1:50,000 live births, with female gender predilection. The cause of the syndrome is related to midline defects in the migration and connection of the prechordal mesoderm between the 35th and 38th days post-conception. Early diagnosis of SMMCI is important for practicing orthodontists, as it may be a symptom of other developmental abnormalities. The aim of this study is to report a case of SMMCI syndrome in a patient treated in the Department of Orthodontics and Facial Malformation of the University of Medical Sciences in Poznan. Full article
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