Reabilitação oral na odontopediatria: revisão da literatura

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Childhood primary caries is one of the factors that causes early tooth loss. The replacement of teeth using dental prostheses aims to restore the integrity of the arches, reestablishing normal functions such as chewing, swallowing, phonation and aesthetics, while avoiding harmful habits and malocclusions. OBJECTIVES: Evidence, based on a review of scientific literature, demonstrating the benefits of oral rehabilitation in patients with tooth loss in childhood. METHODOLOGY: This is a literature review study to verify the available evidence on the current perspectives of therapeutic approaches to childhood tooth loss with dental prostheses and space maintainers. In turn, searches were performed in the electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar. The data were presented through descriptions of the included studies after complete reading. RESULTS: Within the included studies, it was observed that there are different therapeutic approaches for oral rehabilitation in pediatric patients with tooth loss, contributing to providing individual and specific treatment for each patient. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that, in this study, carefully observing the conditions and needs of each patient are the best indications for appropriate therapeutic conduct.