STUDYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN

Abstract

Pediatric dentistry studies the prevention, clinic, diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases, periodontal disease and mucous membranes of the mouth, tongue and lips, taking into account the age characteristics of children and their impact on the growing body. The formation of specialties can be divided into 4 periods. The first, the period of accumulation of knowledge about pediatric dentistry (before the XVIII century), was characterized by separate mentions of pediatric dental problems in the works of scientists from the East, the Mediterranean and the Middle Ages.