Baby dentistry began in 1985 as a collaborative e!fort between the Un ivers it y of Londrina and FINEP, in response of world tendency to provide oral health a ttelltion for infallts and toddlers. , promoting educative and preventillg programs. Then, due to the successful results, public and private sector in Brazil adopted this concept . In Peru, tliere has been created the baby dentistry department in Instituto Especializado de Salud del Niño in September 1997, formed as part of a group of dental specialties in the hospital, mainly intended to provide oral health to children under 3 years old. In Peru as in many Latin-American countries, it lOas assumed that the First dental visit SllOllld start by 2 or 3 years oflife but according to some data reported in 1987 by Walter et al , tlzere lOas a high prevalen ce of dental caries in children betlOeen O and 30 months (34%). These results we...

Baby dentistry began in 1985 as a collaborative e!fort between the Un ivers it y of Londrina and FINEP, in response of world tendency to provide oral health a ttelltion for infallts and toddlers. , promoting educative and preventillg programs. Then, due to the successful results, public and private sector in Brazil adopted this concept . In Peru, tliere has been created the baby dentistry department in Instituto Especializado de Salud del Niño in September 1997, formed as part of a group of dental specialties in the hospital, mainly intended to provide oral health to children under 3 years old. In Peru as in many Latin-American countries, it lOas assumed that the First dental visit SllOllld start by 2 or 3 years oflife but according to some data reported in 1987 by Walter et al , tlzere lOas a high prevalen ce of dental caries in children betlOeen O and 30 months (34%). These results we...