Pedodontics or Pediatric Dentistry is a discipline that deals with the diseases and treatment of decidious teeth and newly developed permanent teeth in children until permanent dentition is completed.
Pediatric dentists are the first dentists of a children. In the period from infancy to young adulthood, all oral health problems and preventive treatments are performed by pedodontists.
Treatments of deciduous teeth and young permanent teeth are in a wide range from protective applications, fillings and canal treatments to preventing orthodontic problems.