Advances in Pediatric Dentistry

Pp: 270-294 (25)

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Abstract

Approaches for managing dental caries have changed dramatically in recent years, evolving from froadichtional treatments to a preventive approach. Modern management approaches aim to prevent the disease, manage the caries risk, and detect caries lesions as early as possible. Also, various breakthroughs have been made in restorative materials to improve their biocompatibility and bonding with tooth structure. With nanotechnology, knowledge of materials, and developments in biomaterials, the prod the action of the best quality dental restorative materials is rising. Local anaesthesia is the standard and the backbone for controlling pain. The introduction of newer techniques of regional anaesthesia and delivery devices assist dentists in providing enhanced pain relief with reduced pain from injection and fewer adverse reactions. The chapter below highlights the various advancements in sterilisation, diagnostic aids, preventive strategies, restorative materials and techniques and tissue engineering.

Keywords: Diagnostic Aids, Endodontics, Local Anaesthesia, Restorative materials, Tissue engineering.

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