[The dentist, invaluable assistant in the diagnosis of Silverman Tardieu syndrome].

Many practitioners are still unawared of the oral and maxillo-facial pathology due to physical and sexual maltreatments of children. Yet more than fifty percent of those battered children show oro-facial injuries. Dentists ought to contribute to the diagnosis of the Silverman Syndrome and involve themselves in the taking care of battered children.

[Prosthetic rehabilitation and accompaniment of growth in cases of early tooth loss in children].

Teeth, in the general phenomenon of growth contribute to the blooming and the growth of the young child. It plays a paramount role in the communication while taking part in the development of the language and of the phonation, and by perfecting the shape of the face. The prosthetic rehabilitations are addressed to children who present more or less significant early losses of teeth, whose origin could be congenital, structural, post-decays or traumatic, and bearing on temporary, mixed or final teeth.