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| | D.D.S. Doctor of Dental Surgery |
 | | Initially, the student is introduced to the preventive aspects of dental care in children. |
 | | Dental caries prevention is especially stressed, including the use of systemic and topical fluorides, occlusal sealant application, and diet modification. |
 | | An introduction to pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, and clinical caries prevention with emphasis on the normal child's dentition, dental abnormalities, pulp therapy, operative procedures, treatment of traumatic injuries, growth and development of the jaws, cranium and dentition, normal occlusion and malocclusion, orthodontic diagnosis including cephalometrics, interceptive and corrective treatment. |
| www.hsc.stonybrook.edu /dental/sdm_dds_child.cfm (447 words) |
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