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Dr.Derya Germeç Çakan graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1999 and completed her PhD in orthodontics in 2005. Since 2006, she has been working as a Professor at Yeditepe University Department of Orthodontics and maintaining the Craniofacial Orthodontics Clinic. She visited Seattle Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Center as an observer in 2015.
Her principal areas of interest are cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, and interdisciplinary treatments. She published several clinical and research articles in national and international journals and wrote chapters in Esthetic and Functional Management of Diastema, Springer International Publishing.
She is a member of Turkish and European Orthodontic Society and Turkish Cleft Lip and Palate Association. She is the President of Turkish Orthodontic Society, member of the Executive Committee of Turkish Cleft Lip and Palate Association.
Current Preventive Methods and Treatments in Pedodontics and Orthodontics
Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Tooth decay in primary dentition is preventable and mostly reversible infections but if left untreated it can cause many problems.
Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a special form of severe dental caries affecting infants and young children..Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is significany public health issue. Early Childhood Caries is defined as “the presence of one or more decayed (non‐cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled surfaces, in any primary tooth of a child under age six”. Dental caries in pre‐school children has been described by numerous terms and attributed to many aetiologies over the years. The current term Early Childhood Caries (ECC) connotes a more complex disease.This new term has led to a greater recognition of the importance of biological, demographic and behavioral factors that cause Early Childhood Caries.
Worldwide data show that ECC continues to be highly prevalent, yet infrequently treated. Approaches to reduce the prevalence include interventions that start in the first year of a child's life, evidence‐based and risk‐based management, and reimbursement systems that foster preventive care.
In the second part of this lecture, the pathological oral habits and their contibution to the development of the malocclusion in children will be explained. The dentition is in equilibrium between the forces exerted by the extraoral muscles and the tongue, forces generated during oral functions, and the stabilization effect of the periodontal tissues. Any external force created by an abnormal oral function may disrupt this equilibrium. Therefore, abnormal oral functions frequently seen in childhood, such as nonnutritive sucking habits or oral breathing, may play an important role in the development and exacerbation of the malocclusions. Understanding the relationship between pathological oral habits and malocclusion is crucial for developing effective preventive and therapeutic strategies, thereby improving long-term oral health outcomes. Therefore, this lecture will focus on the mechanisms through which these habits influence oral development, including altered muscular forces, skeletal growth modification, dental displacements, and resultant malocclusions in children. The implications of early habit cessation and orthodontic intervention in preventing the progress of the malocclusion will also be discussed.