Dental Care for Special Child

Every child is unique and he/she should be treated accordingly as per their needs. Treatment of children requires more compassion, patience and understanding. No matter what disability is sustained by the child, one should be treated with utmost professionalism and quality work.

A child with physical, developmental, mental, behavioral and emotional disability needs special care. The treatment should be with ease by well –trained professional along with child-friendly environment with the best and latest approach for child’s dental treatment.

WHO ARE SPECIAL CHILDREN?

Children with cleft lip and palate, autism, cerebral palsy, Down ’s syndrome, hearing and eye impairment, heart diseases, Blood disorders, neurological conditions, leaning and developmental disabilities and physical impairments’ find limitation in performing daily basis activities by the parents and healthcare team.

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Common problems associated with special children: –

  • Trouble in brushing and flossing.
  • Increased decaying of teeth.
  • Foul smell.
  • Oral infection as low immunity.
  • Dry mouth.
  • Gum diseases.
  • Poorly aligned teeth.
  • Gum diseases.

WHY ONLY PEDIATRIC DENTIST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN?

Teeth Care Centre has a team of specialized dentist for the dental care and for children the pediatric dentist who is well –trained for child to understand the child psychology and behavioral management for special child.

We provide child friendly environment along with highly advanced equipment’s and technology to make comfortable treatment procedure .The white coat anxiety is very common among children’s, to make pleasant treatment we provide facilities for conscious sedation with world’s No. 1 Nitrous oxide sedation. We follow the ADA guidelines for sterilization and Eco-friendly environment to prevent cross contamination and hospital induced infections as these children are susceptible infections.

For every child’s need, we are here to take care, every child is unique and we appreciate the uniqueness and we provide the unique treatment modalities.

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INTRAORAL SCANNERS

Intra-oral scanners are new era of digital dentistry. It is a device used to create a digital impression of tooth’s anatomy and position in dental arch. It produces 3D images to overcome conventional technique of impression making and it directly displays the real time images on the screen for examination of individual. Intra- oral scanner is majorly used for –

  1. Prosthesis fabrication -After tooth preparation intra-oral scanners used for impression making and later prosthesis making with the finest accuracy.
  2. Implant supported restoration -Implant supported restoration needs precision adaptation for better fitting with respect to abutment.
  3. Digital smile design application.
  4. Diagnosis and treatment planning of orthodontic models, aligners and appliances.DentalWings_01_Square

Benefits of Intra-oral scanners– less chair side time, better accuracy and adaptation of prosthesis, overcomes the traditional means of impression making and treatment planning , 3D printing enables the examination and visualization of patient’s treatment outcomes, safe and secure records and easy communication with patients.

Teeth Care Centre updates the advancements in the dentistry, newer technology and technique for the precision and high end- dentistry for the Elites. We provide the intra-oral scanner technique for the cosmetic treatment, implanted supported prosthesis and orthodontic custom –fabricated aligners and appliance is bound to quality of work and takes full responsibility for providing best results and here comes the importance of equipment and technology.

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Tongue Thrusting

Tongue thrusting is a condition of forward placement of tongue by child in between upper and lower teeth. It is reflex in infants occurs when the tongue moves forward from the mouth to assist with breast and bottle feeding.

Tongue thrust appears when tongue presses forward too far in the mouth, resulting in abnormal oral habits and condition .Tongue thrust is most common in children. This condition is caused by –

  1. Poor swallowing habits
  2. Allergies by chronically swollen tonsils or adenoids
  3. Tongue-tie
  4. A reverse swallowing pattern

Causes of Tongue-thrust habit: –

  1. Open bite as tongue is in between upper and lower teeth
  2. Mouth breathing
  3. Inability to close lips i.e incompetent lips
  4. Slow, fast and messy eating
  5. Speech impediment
  6. Narrow arch, high palate and crowding of teeth
  7. Elongated facial profile and protruded tongue.

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Tongue thrust habit is observed by the family through speech and swallowing of child. Sometimes tongue thrust can be diagnosed by holding the bottom lips to watch the swallowing by the individual. Tongue thrust can be corrected by habit breaking orthodontic appliances like oral screen, fixed or removable tongue crib and myo-functional appliances which are used to prevent tongue thrusting habit and helps in promoting proper tongue posture.

At Teeth Care Centre, the pedodontist performs the detailed analysis for the condition. Orthodontic devices of world renowned brand and material can offer the good treatment outcome. Sometimes swallowing therapy and speech therapy is also advised for the correction of the any impediments that may have developed as a result of tongue-thrust.

It is always advisable to address the issue at the right time before it transforms into a bigger problem. So if your child shows any of these habits beyond a certain age, then it is imperative to visit the dentist and get a customized habit appliance for your child because prevention is better than cure.

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