title: Using anticipatory guidance to provide early dental intervention.
abstract: While the infectious-disease model continues to dominate the design of preventive programs for children, ample evidence supports the need to consider other aspects of caries prevention such as functional and developmental considerations--and to do it earlier than conventional wisdom would suggest--if further gains are to be made in caries reduction. Anticipatory guidance provides a framework for prevention that goes beyond caries to address all aspects of children's oral health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Casamassimo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003376:Counseling; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control