[The importance of pediatrics in obtaining oral health in the child].
The disease which has most prevalence in Spanish school population is dental caries. The children's buccal health decay is as much important as to generate pathology at a local, proximal or general level, alterating his growth and development. Throughout this work, the importance of the problem is reviewed, and the way pediatrician's participation in prevention of this disease, leading to reductions of more than 50% of these lesions, is explained.
D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010372:Pediatrics; D013030:Spain
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005459:Fluorides
La importancia de la pediatría en la obtención de la salud bucal en el niño.