Therapeutic approach to pediatric oral disorders.

The promotion of oral health in pediatrics stands as an institutional requirement in countries such as Italy where children's dental disorders still register a high incidence despite high levels of general health. Guidelines indicate the need to target a large age group and stress the relevance of parental education, whom pediatricians and dentists should address to. In this respect, teething is paradigmatic, due to the interactions between inflammation of the gingival mucosa, the possible associations with systemic symptoms as well as the psychological parental component.