Current Advances in Pediatric Odontology

Dear Colleagues,

The caries burden of children and adolescents in industrialized countries has been reduced in recent decades. Between 1994 and 2020, for example, the incidence of caries in 12-year-olds in Central Europe was reduced by more than 80%. This resulted in less need for invasive restorative therapies in the permanent dentition. As a result, the focus of pediatric dentistry was increasingly directed towards other disease patterns, such as severe early childhood caries (sECC) and molar incisor hypoplasia (MIH).

Gentle caries management based on modern methods of caries diagnosis and minimally invasive intervention with the aim of largely preserving healthy tooth structure has also become increasingly important in recent years. However, children and young people with disabilities, chronic diseases and/or rare diseases have benefited much less or not at all from this trend. The dental care of this population group represents a particular challenge for dentists.

These positive developments give reason to collect and publish various papers on the subject in a Special Issue with the topic “Current Advances in Pediatric Odontology”. The focus is on epidemiological trends, on the development and optimization of prevention programs for small children, school children and risk groups, including chronically ill and otherwise disadvantaged children. Updates to procedures for the reconstruction of deciduous and permanent teeth should also be taken into account. Finally, the diagnosis and assessment of dental fear and how to deal with it in children also plays an important role.

For a large proportion of children and young people with disabilities, dental care in cooperation with other health care providers also includes improving tongue and swallowing function.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Pieper
Prof. Dr. Andreas G. Schulte
Guest Editors

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• prevention
• fluorides
• oral epidemiology
• cariology
• caries diagnostics
• caries management
• dental anxiety
• molar incisor hypoplasia (MIH)
• special care dentistry
• healthcare research
• rare diseases