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DE LA LUZ AYALA, Carmen. Pediatricians in the prevention of oral diseases. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2016, vol.87, n.3, pp.257-262. ISSN 0004-0584.

Introduction: oral pathologies in children such as caries, gingivitis and malocclusions constitute a global public health problem, and they seem to correspond to the pediatric dentistry only, but it should be noted that pediatricians should contribute to prevention. Objective: to determine the importance of pediatrician´s participation in the prevention of oral diseases and to raise a healthcare plan in the interception and detection. Method: review of the literature conducted searching articles indexed in Cochrane, Medline, Lilacs, EMBASE, Amedeo and SciELO, emphasizing on the past five years, in French, Italian, Portuguese, English and Spanish. Conclusions: most pediatricians fail to perform preventive revisions in relation to oral pathologies. A pediatrician with the basic knowledge and appropriate referral strategies can take part in the detection and prevention of oral diseases and future malocclusions interception to the pair of pediatric dentistry, preventing and avoiding oral diseases that result in damage, thus contributing to the improvement of the general health of the child population.

Palabras clave : PEDIATRICIANS; PHYSICIAN’S ROLE; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; MALOCCLUSION.

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