Pediatric Dentistry Specialists

Pediatric dentistry is the dental specialty focused on care for children and adolescents from infancy through the teenage years, including those with special health-care needs. Pediatric dentists place sealants, deliver fluoride treatments, perform pulpotomies, place space maintainers, and provide sedation dentistry.

5,464 pediatric dentists listed on Dental Refer.

Procedures pediatric dentists perform

  • Dental Sealants
  • Fluoride Treatments
  • Pulpotomy
  • Space Maintainers
  • Sedation Dentistry

When general dentists refer to pediatric dentists

  • Very young children, or those needing behaviour guidance beyond the practice’s setting
  • Patients with special health care needs
  • Early childhood caries requiring comprehensive treatment
  • Dental trauma in the primary or mixed dentition
  • Treatment likely to require sedation or general anaesthesia

Indications describe what this specialty treats. They are not treatment advice for any individual patient — that judgement stays with the treating clinician.

What to include with the referral

  • Caries risk assessment and any radiographs obtained
  • Medical history, including developmental and behavioural considerations
  • Previous dental experience and what was tolerated
  • The caregiver’s stated concern, in their words

What comes back

A report covering treatment completed, the behaviour-guidance approach used, preventive recommendations, and a recall interval — plus whether ongoing care stays with the specialist or returns to the referring practice.

Dental Refer closes that loop in the record rather than by fax: the specialist report returns against the original referral, so the referring practice can see which cases are still open. Read more about how referrals are transmitted and the HIPAA posture behind it.

Professional guidance for this specialty: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

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