Dental Caries and Traumatic Injuries in Pediatric Dentistry

Readers will learn how to perform Caries Risk Assessment and apply it in practice. Contemporary approaches in caries management are detailed in chapters on Preventive Dentistry, Minimal Intervention Dentistry and Restorative Dentistry. The discussion on Pediatric Endodontics elaborates on the importance of pulpal diagnosis and the current concepts in Pulp Therapy and Regenerative Endodontics. The section on Traumatic Dental Injuries focuses on the assessment and emergency management of trauma to both the primary and permanent dentition, as well as the orofacial region. Additionally, the sequelae of dental trauma, its management and long-term prognosis have been reviewed in detail.