title: Good occlusal practice in children's dentistry.
abstract: The difference between paediatric dentistry and most other branches of dentistry is that in the child the occlusion is changing. Consequently 'Good Occlusal Practice' in children is a matter of making the right clinical decisions for the future occlusion. The clinician needs to be able to predict the influence that different treatment options will have on the occlusion when the child's development is complete.
authors.affiliation: University Dental Hospital of Manchester. stephen.j.davies@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Mackie
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003481:Cuspid / Q000503:physiopathology; D003663:Decision Trees; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000601:surgery; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020254:Tooth Ankylosis / Q000601:surgery; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000628:therapy; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000628:therapy