Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dentistry)

Pediatric dentistry primarily focuses on children from birth through adolescence providing preventive and therapeutic oral health care.

Importance of primary teeth/milk teeth/baby teeth.

Proper maintenance and care of deciduous (baby) teeth is important as they are instrumental in facilitating good chewing habits, proper speech production, and also hold space for permanent teeth.

Working towards earlier corrective treatment preserves the child's self-esteem and fosters a more positive self-image.

In addition to providing check-ups and dental cleanings, we at Dr. Rawal Dental Centre, also provide dental sealants and topical fluoride application to young teeth, as per the child's requirement. These applications decreases the chances of tooth decay.

At Dr. Rawal Dental Centre, we also guide parents, with habit breaking appliances, to combat habits like thumb sucking, finger biting, mouth breathing, bruxism (grinding of teeth in sleep) and tongue thrusting, in children.

These habits if continued for a longer period of time can result in poor gum health and change in position of teeth and change in shape of the jaw, thus overall affecting the proper eruption of permanent teeth.

These problems must be identified and rectified at an earlier stage, not allowing such habits to affect the child's overall developments.