MDS (Paediatric Dentistry)

Paediatric Dentistry is the practice, teaching and research into the comprehensive and therapeutic oral health care for children from birth to adolescence, including care for children who demonstrate intellectual, medical, physical, psychological and/or emotional problems.

This branch of dental sciences provide a full range of oral health care to anxious children and children with special needs. It offers Specialised management of children with oral and dental developmental problems, Manage the damage sustained to teeth and the mouth following traumatic injury and contribute to multidisciplinary care of children with complex problems e.g. cleft lip and palate, hypodontia, those with medical conditions which may impact on oral health