title: Making oral health a priority in your preventive pediatric visits.
abstract: Oral health is a prevalent health issue for children. Pediatricians have an important role in screening, educating, and making referrals during well-child visits. Advice must be age-specific to be effective. Topics to be covered include hygiene, diet, habits, fluoride, and referrals to dentists. Other members of the office can play a role in educating care givers. Special needs children and literacy issues demand extra attention in oral health management. There are many oral health resources available for pediatricians and parents.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. silkh@ummhc.org
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Silk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009819:Office Visits; D009909:Oral Health; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011313:Preventive Dentistry