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What is a pediatric dentist?

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What is a pediatric dentist? Pediatric dentists  are specially trained in MDS which is a post-graduate programme in India to handle kids from early infancy to the age proceeding up to their teenage. They are specially trained for three years to administer dental and oral health care with respect to your child s teeth. Parents usually see the deciduous dentition (baby teeth) appearing in the oral cavity at about the age of six to seven months. The primary dentition usually exfoliates around the age of seven or eight to give way to the permanent dentition. Space maintainers can be placed by the pediatric dentists in case of early exfoliation to allow the permanent teeth to erupt in a proper direction. Comprehensive pediatric dental care for children is required for your child at this stage to prevent any caries or gum diseases. This branch is also called preventive dentistry as the main aim of a pedodontist would also involve in preventing future dental problems such as ...
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What is an orthodontist?

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What is an orthodontist? Orthodontists  is a dental specialist who undergoes 3+ years in the field of orthodontics which is a branch of dentistry treat patients with conditions such as crooked teeth which are also called dental malocclusions. An orthodontist will diagnose a case using study models and orthopantomogram which are very essential in deriving the right treatment plan for the patient. The department of orthodontics also includes dentofacial orthopedics involving the study and correction of any abnormalities in the growth phase of the dento facial apparatus. What is the difference between a dentist and an orthodontist? Orthodontists and dentists deal with patients to resolve many dental and oral health problems. Orthodontics is one of the eight dental specializations and it deals with the correction of various malocclusions. Orthodontists treat many malocclusions such as underb...
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Oral Habit-Breaking Appliances for Kids

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Oral Habit-Breaking Appliances for Kids Oral habits like thumb-sucking and using a pacifier are completely normal in infants. As the child grows up, these habits go away on their own. You can take away the pacifiers when your baby is one year of age. And as for thumb or finger sucking, most kids naturally leave these oral habits between the age of two to three years. And so, a baby sucking their thumb or fingers is nothing to worry about.  However, if your child is over four years of age and still cannot give up their habit of thumb sucking, it can be a reason to be concerned about. This is because if these habits continue, they can cause dental issues, affect their skeletal and jaw development, and can also cause problems like open bites.  So, if your kid doesn’t leave the oral habits on their own, it becomes necessary to make efforts to break these habits. And this is where oral habit-breaking appliances can come in handy. Thumb sucking and  mouth-breathing causes ...
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