Abstract

Malocclusion is a worldwide dental problem that influences the affected individuals to varying degrees. Many factors contribute to the anomaly in dentition, including hereditary and environmental aspects. Dental caries, pulpal and periapical lesions, dental trauma, abnormality of development, and oral habits are most common dental diseases in children that strongly relate to malocclusion. Management of oral health in the early childhood stage is carried out in clinic work of pediatric dentistry to minimize the unwanted effect of these diseases on dentition. This article highlights these diseases and their impacts on malocclusion in sequence. Prevention, treatment, and management of these conditions are also illustrated in order to achieve successful oral health for children and adolescents, even for their adult stage.

Details

Title
Common dental diseases in children and malocclusion
Author
Zou, Jing 1 ; Meng, Mingmei 1 ; Law, Clarice S 2 ; Rao, Yale 3 ; Zhou, Xuedong 1 

 State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases& National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China 
 Sections of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, UCLA School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 
 Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada 
Pages
1-7
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Mar 2018
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
16742818
e-ISSN
20493169
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2019472951
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.