With the rise of globalization, dentistry experiences a new arena of awareness where pediatric patients as young as three years of age want to look even better. Well-aligned and well-contoured teeth are indicative of nutritional health and self-esteem of a person. For a pediatric dentist, esthetic management of decayed, deformed or traumatized primary teeth in children is one of the most challenging tasks. There is rapid increase in the awareness among the parents of children to preserve the anterior teeth until exfoliation. There are many options available for full mouth rehabilitation which...

From the last several years, the role of probiotic therapy in the field of medicine and in the oral health perspective is significantly increasing as they have health promoting benefits. Firstly, the probiotics was used in medicine to treat the medical conditions mainly related to gastrointestinal disorders but from the past few years keen interest has also been developed in treating the oral diseases with the help of oral probiotic therapy. Oral diseases are rising day by day due to the changing lifestyle, dietary habits and feeding patterns. Oral health has a direct impact on person's...

The era of preventive and minimal invasive dentistry orates the need for developing newer approaches to remineralize early carious lesions. Presently, commercially available non-fluoride-based remineralization therapies focus on enhancing fluoride efficacy and at the same time minimizing the plausible risks associated with fluoride. Nonetheless, these non-fluoride remineralizing agents have shown promising results in augmenting the remineralization process and managing the non-cavitated, white-spot lesions invasively. Still, clinical evidence for most of them is limited. With further research...

In den letzten Jahren nimmt die Rolle der probiotischen Therapie in der Medizin und im Hinblick auf die Mundgesundheit deutlich zu, da sie gesundheitsfördernde Vorteile haben. Zunächst wurden Probiotika in der Medizin zur Behandlung von Erkrankungen eingesetzt, die hauptsächlich mit Magen-Darm-Erkrankungen zusammenhängen, aber in den letzten Jahren hat sich auch großes Interesse an der Behandlung von oralen Erkrankungen mit Hilfe der oralen probiotischen Therapie entwickelt. Orale Erkrankungen nehmen aufgrund des sich ändernden Lebensstils, der Ernährungsgewohnheiten und des...

This book provides us with an improvised and comprehensive view about the knowledge regarding Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH). As earlier literature is scanty on this developmental defect of enamel disorder and its manifold clinical features, it might lead to an array of clinical errors and misdiagnosed cases. Solving this problem and possible consequences can be a great challenge for pediatric professionals as treatment options are varied. As this book describes the diagnosis, clinical features, prevalence, etiological factors and sequential treatment options of MIH, therefore,...

Implant is a reliable oral rehabilitation treatment. Information from research has provided the basis for the clinical practice of dental implants. Not only knowledge and skill are required, the use of advance imaging technology as well as experience of operator is of paramount importance in the success of implant dentistry.Implant tooth replacement should be considered as the treatment of choice when maxillary anterior teeth are congenitally missing in adolescence. Orthodontic therapy prior to the implant surgery should be performed during growth and development of the jaws. Its advantages...