Dental Status and Oral Health in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Dentistry & Oral Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pediatric dentistry; oro-facial growth and development; community dentistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Good oral health impacts children's quality of life not only in the short and medium term but also in the long term, influencing the development of the dento-maxillary system, overall growth, and their quality of life as children and adolescents. At the same time, ensuring effective prevention of oral diseases, especially dental caries, from an early age, as well as offering modern, efficient, and even minimally invasive treatments, can shape the future adult and their entire outlook on oral health.
As pediatric dentistry and orthodontics are constantly evolving, the aim of this Special Issue is to bring together a wide range of articles that present modern approaches to prevention and treatment, as well as the current epidemiological landscape of various oral cavity diseases affecting children and adolescents.
We warmly invite all those interested in this subject to submit systematic reviews, meta-analyses, original studies, and even case reports addressing the following topics:
- The epidemiology of various oral cavity diseases in children and adolescents from different populations;
- Innovative methods for preventing dental caries and other oral cavity diseases in children and adolescents;
- Innovative treatment approaches for dental caries and other oral cavity diseases in children and adolescents;
- Other topics that align with the theme of this Special Issue.
Dr. Abel Emanuel Moca
Dr. Raluca Iulia Juncar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric oral health
- dental caries prevention
- dento-maxillary development
- oral diseases in children
- adolescent oral health
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