Reabilitação oral em odontopediatria: o estado da arte.

Abstract

Introduction: Approaches to treatments and techniques used in the past in dentistry have had modifications and improvements over time. The same evolution occurred in the odontopediatric area. The clarification about the importance of primary teeth and how their maintenance and permanence reflected in the improvement of the quality of life of the child influenced advances in pediatric oral rehabilitation. Objective: to present the state of the art in infant oral rehabilitation, dynamically, through a framework, with its latest perspectives and approaches applied to rehabilitation in pediatric dentistry. Sources of data: literature review of the last 10 years (2018-2009) in English language and presenting full free text available, using PUBMED and MEDLINE databases. Only those studies focused on innovative approaches to oral rehabilitation were selected for this study, being considered inclusion criteria. The remaining studies (which dealt with old techniques) were excluded from the study. A total of 63 articles were found and 5 of these were selected for the present study. Synthesis of data: The results presented expose new techniques (such as intraosseous implants); as well as new materials (such as polyethylene fibers applied to coronal tooth reconstruction); and modifications in prosthetic elements (removable partial prosthesis with expansion screws) to adapt to skeletal child growth, as well as expose their respective authors and conclusions of each study shown. Conclusion: It was concluded that oral rehabilitation in pediatric dentistry has been changing and modernizing, with the realization of new studies and techniques in order to improve the quality of life of our children.