{"id":1166,"date":"2024-12-17T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/?post_type=divisions&#038;p=1166"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T02:38:15","slug":"pediatric-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"departments","link":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/departments\/pediatric-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatric Dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>We aim to develop a healthy permanent dentition.<\/strong><br>Pediatric dentistry provides prevention and treatment of \u201ctooth decay, inflammation of the gum, tooth injury, abnormal number of teeth, abnormal tooth formation, abnormal tooth eruption, and problem of dental occlusion\u201d for children and adolescents from age 0, before the first primary tooth to erupt, up to 15 years old when permanent dentition is completed.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We provide treatment for children and adolescents who have difficulty receiving treatment or have systemic diseases.<\/strong><br>For children and adolescent who are difficult to receive treatment at local dental clinics or who have systemic diseases that require special needs during treatment, we provide customized treatment for each child based on their condition.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We provide continuous oral management from primary to permanent dentition.<\/strong><br>We provide guidance to help children developing good eating habits and tooth brushing habits that are important for their oral health. We also provide regular checkups to prevent oral problems and to lead early detection and treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head's Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/b3336569787a97d2f185e3028aa289b9.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Pediatric dentistry is responsible for the prevention and treatment of all oral diseases in children, collaborating with the various departments and divisions within the hospital as needed. In general, dental treatment is a stressful experience even for adults, and even more so for children. Since we pediatric dentists deal with children on a daily basis, we are able to treat children in a different atmosphere than general dentists. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about your child's oral health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Kazuhiko NAKANO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vk-table--mobile-block vk-table--th--width25 vk-table--th--bg-bright\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Head<\/td><td>Kazuhiko NAKANO<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vice Head<\/td><td>Rena OKAWA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chief of Outpatient Clinic<\/td><td>Yuko OGAYA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chief of Inpatient Ward<\/td><td>Masatoshi OTSUGU<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-alert vk_alert alert alert-info has-alert-icon\"><div class=\"vk_alert_icon\"><div class=\"vk_alert_icon_icon\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vk_alert_icon_text\"><span>link<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vk_alert_content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pedo\/pediatric-dentistry-depatrment-of-pediatric-dentistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Pediatric Dentstry<br> School\/Graduate School, the University of Osaka<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<dl class=\"keyword-tag\"><dt>Keywords<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/cavity\/\">Cavity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/inflammation-of-the-gum\/\">Inflammation of the gum<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/tooth-injury\/\">Tooth Injury<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/malocclusion-2\/\">Malocclusion<\/a><\/dd><\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We aim to develop a healthy permanent dentition. 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