Child behavior, pulp therapy, space maintainers
TSD = Tell Show Do (most basic). Modeling = watching another child. HOME = Hand Over Mouth Exercise (controversial). Protective stabilization = previously 'restraint'. Nitrous oxide = most common sedation for kids.
Indirect pulp capping = deep caries, no exposure. Direct pulp capping = NOT recommended in primary teeth. Pulpotomy = Buckley's formocresol (controversial) → Now MTA preferred. Pulpectomy = ZOE paste.
Band & loop = unilateral posterior loss. Lingual arch = bilateral mandibular. Nance = bilateral maxillary. Distal shoe = 2nd primary molar lost before 1st permanent molar erupts. Leeway space = E-5 difference (mandible = 1.7mm per side).
Optimal fluoride in water = 0.7ppm (current). Pit & fissure sealants = most effective prevention. Fluoride varnish = 22,600ppm. APF gel = 1.23%. Fluorosis = Dean's index.
Most common permanent injury = crown fracture. Most common primary injury = luxation. Avulsion replant within 30 min = best prognosis. Storage media: Milk > Saline > Saliva. Splint = 2 weeks for avulsion.
First primary = mandibular central incisor (6 months). First permanent = mandibular first molar (6 years). Natal = present at birth. Neonatal = first 30 days.