1. The main area of concern in diagnosis and treatment planning for the child are?

a) Oral medical problems
b) Dental caries and restorative dentistry
c) Occlusion and craniofacial growth and development
d) All the above

ANSWER d

“Pediatric dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provide both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.”

• The primary focus of most dental specialties is a particular area of dental, oral, or maxillofacial expertise.
• Pediatric dentistry encompasses a variety of disciplines, techniques, procedures, and skills that share a common basis with other specialties but are modified and adapted to the unique requirements of infants, children, adolescents, and those with special health care needs.
• By being an age-specific specialty, pediatric dentistry encompasses disciplines such as behavior guidance, care of patients with medical conditions and physical and developmental disabilities, supervision of orofacial growth and development, caries prevention, sedation, pharmacological management, and hospital dentistry, as well as other traditional fields of dentistry.
• These skills are applied to the needs of children throughout their everchanging stages of development and to treating conditions and diseases unique to growing individuals.

2. Pedodontic triangle given by

a) Mischer
b) McDonald
c) Finn
d) Wright

ANSWER d

• It represents delta, which is the sign of dentistry, it depicts the pedodontic triangle as given by Wright (1975).
• The three corners of triangles are indicative of (a) Child, (b) Mother (parent) and (c) Dentist.
• Main concern is to effectively and efficiently perform treatment for the child. And To instil a positive attitude.

3. Place the child in the pedodontic triangle

a) At the base
b) In the centre
c) At the apex
d) None of the above

ANSWER c

• Pediatric triangle is described by DR. GZ Wright in 1975.
• It shows the relationship between child , parent and dentist.
• The first dental visit of a child is always full of anxiety for both the parents and the child.
• As the pediatric dentist usually relies on the cooperation of the child for rendering effective treatment.
• The first appointment is very important for establishing rapport and gaining the trust of the child.
• Behaviour management is an integral part of the pediatric dental practice.

4. Pedodontic treatment triangle depicts

a) One to two relationships among dentist, pediatric patient and parent
b) One to one relationship among dentist, pediatric patient and parent
c) One to three relationships among dentist, pediatric patient and parent
d) None of the above

ANSWER a

5. Recently added in the centre of pediatric triangle

a) Type of treatment
b) Society
c) Child response
d) Facilities of clinic

ANSWER b

• Modification was given by McDonald in 2004.
• SOCIETY has been added to this treatment triangle as it also has a strong influence on overall development of the child.
• It came into central of triangle indicating that manage methods acceptable to society and litigiousness of society are important factors influencing treatment modalities.