The Role of Pediatric Dentistry in a Child's Developement

By Pallavi Shrivastava

Children represent the future and ensuring their physical, social, emotional, language and cognitive development should be the priority. A child's oral health can highly affect their overall health because the mouth is the gateway to a person's overall health. The attitude towards dental care begins taking shape in early childhood, and a pediatric dentist can help ensure those attitudes are pleasant ones. Also, the discolored, damaged or missing teeth may hurt children's self-esteem and social development making them afraid to smile or subjecting them to teasing. Oral health is related to health-related quality of life and a pediatric dentist plays an important role in overall development of a child.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6206156087
• ISBN13: 9786206156086
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"