Implementing infant oral health care into practice

Infant oral health (IOH) refers to the well-child practice of visiting the dentist between ages 6 and 12 months for an oral examination and an assessment of dental caries risk. Parents are given instructions on preventive actions, a dentist-family relationship is established, and the oral health care professional applies fluoride varnish to the child ’s primary teeth. Although well-supported as an important beginning for dental care, IOH has not enjoyed widespread implementation into preventive care interventions for young children.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: The Big Picture Source Type: research