pedodontics

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pe·do·don·tics

 (pē′də-dŏn′tĭks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment of children.

pe′do·don′tist (-dŏn′tĭst) n.
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pedodontics, pedodontia

a branch of dentistry specializing in children’s dental care. — pedodontist, n.
See also: Children
the branch of dentistry that specializes in the care of children’s teeth. — pedodontist, n. — pedodontic, adj.
See also: Medical Specialties
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American Dental Association recognizes about a dozen dental sub-specialties which includes Dental Public Health, Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric Dentistry or Pedodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Cosmetic dentistry and Implant dentistry.
Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry.
Dr Jamal al-Abdullah, senior consultant, chief of Pedodontics and head of the Paediatric Dentistry Residency Programme at HMC, said the training included specialised workshops and has enabled eight residents to prepare for the Irish Fellowship Diploma examination, which will take place in April 2020.
Dr Jamal al Abdullah, senior consultant, chief of Pedodontics and head of the Paediatric Dentistry Residency Programmes at HMC, said the training included specialised workshops and has enabled eight residents to prepare for the Irish Fellowship Diploma (FFD) examination, which will take place in April 2020.
Department of Pedodontics, Orthodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Mousl, 1996.
The null hypothesis was that the soft tissue injuries in children, who referred to a pedodontics clinic with dento-alveolar traumas have no difference according to gender, age, localization (lips, gingiva, cheeks, tongue, and perioral tissues), wound type (abrasion, laceration, contusion, and mixed), time elapsed before treatment, and the relationship of these factors to the trauma classification.
A 6-year-old boy reported to the Department of Pedodontics, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, with a chief complaint of pain in upper left and right back teeth region since a week.
(1) Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, (2) Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, (3) Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S.
Subba Reddy, "Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis," Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, vol.
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