Dr Milind Shah has completed his Masters degree from the prestigious V.S dental college and hospital, Bangalore in 2014. He runs an exclusive paediatric dental practice in Mumbai and attached to various hospitals across Mumbai as a consultant since 10 years. His areas of interest include Pediatric esthetic dentistry, Rotary Endodontics and Hospital based dentistry. He has been invited as a guest speaker at various national and international platforms. He is the first Indian Pedodontist to be interviewed by the prestigious Dental Asia Journal (Singapore) in Nov 2020. He is the key opinion leader of Kids e dental which is a world renowned pediatric dental manufacturing company. He has authored a chapter in the Textbook of Pediatric Dentistry by Dr. Nikhil Marwah on the topic “General anesthesia in Pediatric dentistry”. He has conducted over 70 comprehensive clinical Pediatric dentistry courses with hands on training all across India.
Primary teeth are important for mastication, providing space for the permanent teeth and guiding them into correct position, stimulating normal development of the facial bones and muscles, development of normal speech and contributing to the child’s overall health. Despite the modern advances in the prevention of dental caries and increased understanding of the importance of maintaining the natural dentition, many teeth are still lost prematurely. Hence, an attempt should always be made to carry out appropriate pulpal procedures in case of deep carious lesions in primary tooth to minimise the need for early extractions and its sequelae.
Pediatric endodontics is one of the most important part of pediatric dental practice. This lecture would focus on various aspects of primary teeth pulpectomies including the multiples challenges associated with retention of severely abscessed primary teeth.
