Clinical Psychological Aspects within The Concept of Pediatric Dentistry

Abstract

In this paper we aim to describe the pediatric dentistry (pedodontics) wich is a branch of dental medicine dealing exclusively with children and adolescents, being a field that has experienced an impressive development over the past years in our country, being introduced as a specialty in the program of residency in 2016. The purpose of this article is to highlight a number of clinical and psychological aspects resulting from a study of a sample of 10 children on the behavior adopted in the dental office in two distinct situations

Keywords

• baby tooth
• child psychology
• clinical cases
• pediatric dentistry
• Tooth Fairy