Early Childhood Oral Health

Dental caries has been called a silent epidemic and is the most prevalent chronic disease affecting children. Though much has been written on the science and practice of managing this disease, publications are diverse in their loci, preventing easy access to the reader. Early Childhood Oral Health coalesces all the important information related to this topic in a comprehensive reference for students, academics, and practitioners.

This second edition expands the scope of the first and puts an additional focus on interprofessional and global efforts that are necessary to manage the growing disease crisis and screening and risk assessment efforts that have expanded with the boom of new technologies. With updated references and incorporating the latest research, chapters address the biology and epidemiology of caries, the clinical management of early childhood caries, risk assessment, and early diagnosis. Other topics include public health approaches to managing caries worldwide, implementation of new caries prevention programs, fluoride regimens, and community programs, and family oral health education. Brand new are four chapters on the medical management of early childhood caries, considerations for children with special needs, interprofessional education and practice, and how the newest policy issues and the Affordable Care Act affect dental care.

A must–read for pediatric dentists, cariologists, public health dentists, and students in these fields, Early Childhood Oral Health is also relevant for pediatricians and pediatric nursing specialists worldwide.

Key Features:

Coalesces information on early childhood oral health into one accessible source Detailed discussion of early childhood caries Full discussion of other factors affecting pediatric oral health Fuses impressive scholarship with clinical pragmatism Explains how the Affordable Care Act and other policy issues impact children s oral healthcare Second edition fully updated and includes four new chapters

Acknowledgements, xxx

Contributors, xxx

1 Introduction to 2nd edition: why this book?
Joel H Berg

2 Early Childhood Caries: Definition and Epidemiology
Burton L. Edelstein, Courtney H. Chinn, Robert J. Laughlin, andChristie L. Custodio–Lumsden

3 Early Childhood Caries Disease Prevention and Management
Man Wai Ng and Zameera Fida

4 Managing caries: Obtaining arrest
Kevin J Donly

5 Use of fluoride
Norman Tinanoff

6 The dental home
Arthur J Nowak and Paul S Casamassimo

7 Examination of infants and toddlers
Adriana Segura

8 Children with Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities
Jessica DeBord

9 Anticipatory guidance
Paul S. Casamassimo and Arthur J Nowak

10 Caries–risk assessment: rationale, uses, tools and state ofdevelopment
James J. Crall, Andrea Zandona and Rocio Quiñonez

11 Family oral health education
Tegwyn H. Brickhouse

12 Community programs and oral health
Jessica Y. Lee

13 Interprofessional Education and Practice
Melinda B. Clark, Mayumi Willgerodt, Rocio B. Quinonez

14 Building an infant– and toddler–friendly practice
David K Curtis

15 Policy issues in the affordable care act concerning pediatricoral health insurance coverage
C. Scott Litch

16 Future directions
Rebecca L. Slayton

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Joel Berg, DDS, MS, is Dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has established the Center for Early Childhood Oral Health (ECOH), which brings together experts from various fields who are collectively devoted to improving oral health in children. The University of Washington is also home to Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD), a program internationally recognized for its advances in early childhood oral health.

Rebecca L. Slayton, DDS, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington and Director of the Center for Pediatric Dentistry. She also serves as the Director of the Department of Dentistry at Seattle Children s Hospital.