Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Why this book? -- Stakeholders -- Partnerships -- Dental Industry role -- Media -- Today's children as adults -- Advocates -- The Internet -- What we hope this book will accomplish -- This book's audience -- References -- Chapter 2 Early childhood caries: Definition and epidemiology -- Introduction -- "ECC": where the name came from and why -- ECC clinical presentations-disease patterns within ECC -- Identifying patterns of ECC -- Charting ECC patterns within children's dentitions -- ECC occurrence and distribution in U.S. children -- How many children are affected? -- Which children are most affected? -- Epidemiology of untreated tooth decay -- How extensive is the disease occurrence? -- What are some of the key biologic correlates of ECC? -- Social determinants of ECC -- Consequences of ECC -- Consequences to the dentition -- Consequences to the child -- Consequences beyond the child -- Implications of ECC epidemiology for future oral health care of US children -- References -- Chapter 3 Early childhood caries disease prevention and management -- Introduction -- Disease management in health care -- The chronic care model -- Evidence supporting DM in health care -- ECC DM and prevention -- Evidence supporting ECC DM -- ECC DM -- CRA -- SM support -- ECC DM clinical protocol -- Caries charting -- Sealants, interim restorative treatment, and conventional restorative treatment -- Toothbrushing and use of fluorides and other remineralizing agents -- Return recall or DM visits based on caries risk -- Paradigm shift to ECC DM -- Using QI to change care delivery systems and processes to support ECC DM -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Managing caries: Obtaining arrest -- Diagnostic techniques -- Visual examination -- Transillumination.

Laser fluorescence -- Quantitative light fluorescence -- Radiographs -- Early intervention -- Rebalancing the oral cavity -- Remineralization of demineralized enamel -- Fluoridated dentifrices -- Professionally applied topical fluoride -- Casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate -- Fluoridated materials -- Restoring cavitated lesions -- Glass ionomer cement/resin-modified glass ionomer cement -- Resin-based composite -- Stainless steel crowns -- Cosmetic zirconia crowns -- References -- Chapter 5 Use of fluoride -- Introduction -- Systemic fluoride -- Mechanisms -- Body uptake of fluoride -- Dietary consumption of fluoride -- Fluorosis -- Topical fluorides -- Toothpaste -- Professional topical -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 The dental home -- Emergence of the dental home concept -- Evidence in support of the dental home -- Characterizing the dental home -- Making a practice a dental home -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 Examination of infants and toddlers -- Medical history -- Social history -- Prenatal, natal, and neonatal history -- Implications of preterm birth -- Cognitive history -- Dental history -- Preparation -- Examination -- Extraoral -- Intraoral -- Soft tissue examination -- Hard tissue examination -- Identification of caries -- Occlusion assessment -- Treatment planning -- References -- Chapter 8 Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Introduction -- Developmental disabilities -- Definition of intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Historical context -- Health care disparities experienced by people with developmental disabilities -- Early childhood oral health for children with developmental disabilities -- Importance -- Barriers and challenges -- Caries risk for children with developmental disabilities -- Home hygiene -- Diet -- Packing -- Sensory sensitivities.

Preventing dental disease in children with developmental disabilities -- Home hygiene and fluoride -- Frequent recall intervals -- Glass ionomer -- Sensory adapted dental environment -- Mitigating oral health disparities for children with developmental disabilities -- Interdisciplinary teams -- Dental education -- Evidence base -- Children with cleft lip and palate -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9 Anticipatory guidance -- Why anticipatory guidance -- The seeds of anticipatory guidance -- Background of the concept of anticipatory guidance -- Application of AG to pediatric dentistry -- Definition of AG -- AG topics -- Changing advice for the changing child -- General developmental stages of the prethree child -- Fluoride -- Diet and nutrition -- Oral hygiene -- Nonnutritive habits -- Injury prevention -- Applying AG in the dental office -- References -- Chapter 10 Caries risk assessment: Rationale, uses, tools, and state of development -- Rationale -- Caries, caries distribution, and population trends -- Increased emphasis on early interventions -- Conceptual basis and uses of CRA -- State of CRA development -- Risk factors and indicators for early childhood caries -- Clinical -- Behavioral -- General health -- Sociocultural and physical environment -- Risk assessment tools -- Overview of selected CATs for children -- CRA validation testing -- Policy considerations and need for further development and testing -- References -- Chapter 11 Family oral health education -- Introduction -- Oral health promotion and education framework for the prevention of ECC -- Oral health literacy -- Oral health education and patient counseling -- Prenatal education -- Oral development -- Dental disease process -- Home care and oral hygiene training -- Motivational interviewing (MI) -- Parental attitudes of infant oral health.

Effectiveness of oral health promotion and education -- References -- Chapter 12 Community programs and oral health -- Background and overview -- Early childhood community programs -- WIC Supplemental Food Program -- Medicaid dental access programs -- Community programs and access to dental care -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 13 Interprofessional education and practice -- Redefining the framework of health-care delivery -- Rationale for coordination of children's health care -- Training for collaboration: IPE -- Teamwork in action: collaborative practice -- Community alliances: making the connection -- Role of policy in coordinated care -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 14 Building an infant- and toddler-friendly practice -- The initial contact -- Scheduling the infant/toddler examination -- The physical environment -- Managing the experience -- Climbing the experience ladder -- The multiple approaches to the infant/toddler examination -- Documentation -- Just do it! -- References -- Chapter 15 Policy issues in the Affordable Care Act concerning pediatric oral health insurance coverage -- Overview -- New pediatric oral health insurance coverage -- Overall ACA parameters for health insurance plans -- Insurance exchanges: Shopping for and purchasing coverage -- Features of stand-alone pediatric dental plans versus medical plans with pediatric dental coverage "embedded" -- ACA pediatric oral health insurance coverage experience to date -- Future landscape of ACA pediatric oral health insurance offerings -- Treatment of general anesthesia coverage laws -- Further resources -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Future directions -- Introduction -- Future directions -- Identifying new cariogenic microflora -- Host factors and caries susceptibility -- Caries risk prediction -- Dental materials and disease management -- Barriers to change.

Summary -- References -- Index -- EULA.