Multidisciplinary Approach To Management Of Early Childhood Caries With One Year Follow Up: A Case Report
Abstract
Nursing caries, baby bottle syndrome or bottle mouth caries are terms used to describe forms of early childhood caries when the mandibular incisors are not affected with decay. Although, there are many treatment modalities for oral rehabilitation in children, pharmacological behaviour management is deemed necessary and sometimes the only alternative to provide the best treatment outcomes in apprehensive pre-school children in dental setting. Most often, due to the extensive progression of the caries lesions on multiple teeth and multiple surfaces, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary to restore the primary dentition back to normal function. The present article highlights a case of a pre-schooler who underwent a complete oral rehabilitation under general anaesthesia for early childhood caries.
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