Avtor/Urednik		Košir, N
Naslov		Otroško zobozdravstvo v Sloveniji
Prevedeni naslov		Paediatric dentistry in Slovenia
Tip		članek
Vir		Slov Pediatr
Vol. in št.		Letnik 10, št. 1
Leto izdaje		2003
Obseg		str. 7-11
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Paediatric dentistry in Slovenia had its beginnings in the 1920's. About 1950, very soon after the foundation of the Medical Faculty in Ljubljana, the Department of Paediatric Dentistry started its developmental and educational work. In the beginning pedontologists treated mostly dental caries and were less engaged in teaching and research. Some, with great enthusiasm, treated dental caries in children with special needs. Increasingly they organised further education of pedontologists in curative, and later, preventative dentistry. In 1993 Slovenian paediatric dentistry achieved and even surpassed some of the global WHO goals for the year 2000.They warned of the presence of a small group of children, with pronounced pathology in the oral cavity, who needed new techniques in addition to traditional preventative and therapeutic measures. Knowledge of microorganisms in the aetiology of dental caries that were not attacked in the traditional manner of dental caries prevention led to new views and the necessity for attacking rather than defensive preventive measures. We are eoncexned about the thinking in some circles that problems of children's caries are almast under control, antd that therefore it is necessary to decrease support for preventive measures for oral diseases in children, to ehange organization and preventative measures in children and adolescents and give more attention to adult patients.
Izvleček		Zametki otroškega in preventivnega zobozdravstva segajo v zgodnja dvajseta leta minulega stoletja. Katedra, ki je poklicana za razvoj stroke in vzgojo kadra, je bila ustanovljena kmalu po nastanku Stomatološkega oddelka Medicinske fakultete v Ljubljani, tj. okoli leta 1950. Otroški zobozdravniki so se na začetku posvečali predvsem zdravljenju zobne gnilobe in nekoliko manj pedagoškemu in raziskovalnemu delu. Zavzeto so se posvetili tudi otrokom in odraslim s posebnimi potrebami. Vse bolj so skrbeli za dodatno izobraževanje otroških zobozdravnikov in izvajanje preventivnih ter zobozdravstvenovzgojnih ukrepov. Pri zdravljenju zobne gnilobe je otroško zobozdravstvo leta 1993 preseglo nekatere cilje Svetovne zdravstvene organizacije za leto 2000. Opozorilo je, da so tudi pri nas prisotne manjše skupine otrok s tveganjem, ki z močno izraženo bolezensko sliko v ustni votlini kličejo po novih metodah dela poleg tradicionalne preventive in zdravljenja. Spoznanje, da so v nastanek zobne gnilobe vključeni tudi mikroorganizmi, ki jih pri izvajanju tradicionalne preventive zobne gnilobe nismo ciljano odstranjevali, odpira nove poglede in zahteva drugačne, preventivne ukrepe naravnane bolj v napad kot v obrambo. Skrb pa vzbujajajo razmišljanja nekaterih, da je zobna gniloba pri otrocih obvladana in da je zato potrebno zmanjšati stroške za izvajanje preventive oralnih bolezni, spremeniti organiziranost in izvajanje preventive pri otrocih in mladostnikih in bolj poskrbeti za odrasle.
Deskriptorji		PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY DENTAL CARIES DMF INDEX CHILD PREVALENCE SLOVENIA