Department of Pedodontics

Overview

Pedodontics is a branch of dentistry that includes training of child to accept dentistry, restoring and maintaining primary, mixed, permanent dentition providing both primary and comprehensive, preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.

Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry is a subject that deals with the care and treatment of children’s teeth. It is thus, an age defined specialty. It involves, but is not limited to: conselling parents regarding diet, prevention and management of dental caries, pediatric endodontics, management of traumatic injuries of teeth, preventive and interceptive orthodontics, cosmetic dental treatment using latest technology, managing gingival and periodontal diseases in infants, children and adolescents including those with special health care needs.

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Pedodontics is a special branch of Dentistry. The branch encompasses exciting factors for the dentists to consider dealing with children.

Infancy and childhood are dynamic periods of growth, hence along with dental needs, we as pedodontists should take into consideration the behavioural difficulty too. “The team of Pedodontics” is well equipped with the knowledge of fear and needs of the child at different ages.

We create healthy smiles with gentle touch providing comprehensive oral health care for children through our thoughts, words and actions. The department team is concerned with the health of a child as whole and more specifically prevention of disease of oral health. We provide children with unique recreational area that contains toys and oral education room that enables them to learn better dental hygiene and practice in daily life.

The care provided by us comprises of prevention and management of caries and malocclusion, treating developing anamolies, traumatic injuries, and pathologic conditions. We as Pedodontists have wide range of knowledge and skills for the management of handicapped and medically compromised children.

We provide the highest quality education to the undergraduates, encourage them in participating dental health school camps, various competitive activities to inculcate enthusiasm and good knowledge base.

Al Badar Rural Dental College and Hospital is considered as one of the esteemed institution in North Karnataka for its exceptional academic schooling and hospital services provided by the experienced and hardworking faculty.

Faculties

DR. SUMA B SATENAHALLI

READER
MDS

DR. Manasi Kulkarni

SR. LECTURER
MDS

DR. B. Neha

SR. LECTURER
MDS

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