This chapter discusses the need for anticipatory guidance (AG) and the background of, seeds of, and application of AG to pediatric dentistry. In pediatric health-care delivery, AG is the process of providing practical, developmentally appropriate health information about children to parents/caretakers in anticipation of significant physical, emotional, and psychological milestones. By providing this information, parents/caretakers will be alerted and prepared to manage these changes to maximize development and minimize anxieties/concerns. The chapter describes the content of the six areas of AG: oral and dental development, fluoride use, diet and nutrition, oral hygiene, habits, and injury prevention. The tables in the chapter are organized to allow the clinician to fix a snapshot in time of the life of the child, with all aspects of life most commonly associated with an age, like tooth eruption, at the midpoint of that age. The chapter provides application steps for AG in the dental office.
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Nowak, A. J., & Casamassimo, P. S. (2015). Anticipatory Guidance. In Early Childhood Oral Health: Second Edition (pp. 169–192). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119101741.ch9
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