Reforming pediatric dentistry for diabetic infants, children and adolescents - an overview

Dental treatment in case of diabetic children is aimed to be as conservative as possible with a preventive protocol and symptomatic treatment of any oral manifestation of the disease with immediate referral to primary care. The clinician, especially the pediatric dentist needs to have a thorough knowledge of the clinical manifestation and appropriate measures to deal with diabetic children. But there is very little literature that summarizes all of the diabetic findings seen in pediatric dentistry. Therefore this article enumerates the oral and dental findings and their clinical approach for children suffering from diabetes.