2nd Edition: Advances in Pediatric Dental Care in Relation to Public Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2025) | Viewed by 2943
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dental public health; clinical pediatric dentistry; nonpharmacological techniques for managing children at the dental office; oral rehabilitation under general anesthesia
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the second edition of our Special Issue, titled “Advances in Pediatric Dental Care in Relation to Public Health”. The first edition attracted the interest of researchers worldwide, with 21 peer-reviewed papers being published. The publications that are freely available for download are listed on the following page: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Pediatric_Dental_Health.
Dental public health and pediatric dentistry are two recognized specialties. Looking at the definition of each of them, one can easily see that they are closely intertwined. Dental public health is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, and control of dental diseases, as well as the promotion of oral health through organized community efforts. Pediatric dentistry is concerned with providing primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health diagnosis, care, and consultative expertise for infants and children through adolescence, including those of all ages and with special care needs. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health aims to publish articles focusing on dental public health issues in pediatric dentistry. Some areas this Special Issue seeks to address include the following:
Community-based public health approaches to optimize the oral health of all children;
Caries detection tools;
Interventions to prevent and/or arrest disease progression;
Caries risk assessment;
Recent advancements or trends in pediatric dentistry procedures and materials.
The title suggested for this Special Issue is “2nd Edition: Advances in Pediatric Dental Care in Relation to Public Health”, for which I particularly seek submissions that showcase the interface between public health and pediatric dentistry: theory, policy, methodology, and application.
Dr. Ziad D. Baghdadi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adolescent
- child
- dental care for children
- dental caries
- health knowledge, attitudes, and practice
- oral health
- patient advocacy
- pediatric dentistry
- primary health care
- public policy
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