Goals

The educational program of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry is aimed at developing in the dental student the following:

• Ability to educate and guide the behavior of the child to accept oral health care and to council the parents to support the child's acceptance.
• Skills required to instruct the child and parents in methods of achieving and maintaining optimum oral health.
• Acquire skills in restorative dentistry procedures required for the pediatric patient.
• Skill in diagnosis and treatment of primary and young permanent teeth whose pulpal vitality is in jeopardy.
• Acquire skills in preventive and interceptive dental procedures relating to the growth and development of the stomatognathic system.
• Skills in the use of methods and agents for the comprehensive control of pain and apprehension in the conscious patient.
• Ability to perform diagnosis, treatment planning and case presentation for the child patient.
• An attitude in Pediatric Dentistry so that following graduation graduates will provide care for the child. 
• An attitude toward learning so that students will seek opportunities to further their knowledge and skills in pediatric dentistry.
• An attitude such that they will actively seek to fulfill their responsibility as health professionals to children in the community.