• Coalesces information on early childhood oral health into one accessible source

• Detailed discussion of early childhood caries

• Full discussion of other factors affecting pediatric oral health

• Fuses impressive scholarship with clinical pragmatism

Author biography

Joel Berg is Lloyd and Kay Chapman Chair in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has established the Center for Early Childhood Oral Health (ECOH), which brings together experts from various fields who are collectively devoted to improving oral health in children. The University of Washington is also home to Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD), a program internationally recognized for its advances in early childhood oral health.

Rebecca L. Slayton is Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Iowa where she teaches both pre-doctoral students and pediatric dentistry residents in the clinic and classroom.

320 pages.