Updates in Pediatric Dentistry

It is an honor to serve as the Guest Editors for the Research Topic, “Updates in Pediatric Dentistry.” Pediatric dentistry as an art and science is constantly evolving. With the new advances and improvements in academics and clinical practice, achieving the goal of providing quality and safe dental care is attainable for all children. Pediatric dentistry is a specialty that involves concepts and adapts techniques and procedures not only from general dentistry and other dental specialties but also from medical specialties. The treatment protocols and strategies pediatric dentists use to manage children in dental operatory have recently evolved. Pediatric dentists have become obligatory to keep up-to-date knowledge in order to treat various diseases in infants, children, and teenagers, including those with special health care needs. Pediatric dentistry is concerned with providing comprehensive preventive and therapeutic care for children and teenagers, including diagnosis, care, and consultative expertise for infants and children through adolescence, including those of all ages with special care needs.

This Research Topic aims to focus on advances in pediatric dentistry, and areas that will be considered for submission are:

• Caries risk assessment, diagnosis tools, and management strategies
• Evidence-based pediatric dentistry
• Innovative concepts, techniques, or early interesting research outcomes
• Interventions to prevent and/or arrest disease progression
• Pediatric clinical practice papers sharing experience
• Public health and community-based approaches to optimize the oral health issues
• Recent advancements or trends in pediatric dentistry procedures and materials used
• Current trends in pediatric dentistry

We welcome submission of the following types of papers:

1. Systematic reviews with/without meta-analysis
2. Narrative review, mini previews, and scoping review
3. Original research
4. Case reports
5. Brief reports and short communications