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Pediatric and Special Needs Dentistry Lab
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The pediatric dentistry lab protects and nurtures the teeth and mouths of children and people with disabilities.
AboutAbout the lab
Watching over the growth of children's teeth and mouths
The Pediatric and Special Needs Dentistry Lab specializes in pediatric dentistry and dentistry for people with disabilities.
It aims to prevent impairments of oral function caused by childhood illnesses and abnormalities, and to watch over healthy oral development and physical and mental growth.
Through pediatric dental treatment, the lab's goal is to improve chewing function and support psychological development.
The lab also provides appropriate, comprehensive dental care to patients whose illnesses or disabilities make dental treatment difficult.
Key terms
- Root Resorption
- A phenomenon in which the root of a tooth is gradually lost, as if dissolving. It can be caused by disease.
- Children with Systemic Illnesses
- Children with systemic diseases such as heart disease. Dental treatment for them requires special care.
- Occlusion
- The way the upper and lower teeth fit together. Abnormalities in how the teeth are aligned or make contact are called occlusal abnormalities.
ResearchResearch themes
Specializing in pediatric dentistry and dentistry for people with disabilities, the lab studies how to prevent impairments of oral function in children and how to provide dental care to patients who are difficult to treat. Its work ranges from basic research on how teeth repair themselves to long-term clinical research.
*Illustrative imageRoot Resorption and Repair of Hard Tissue
For root resorption of primary and permanent teeth caused by lesions, the lab works to establish treatment methods and studies the mechanisms by which the resorbed areas are repaired, from the perspectives of microstructure, materials, and molecular biology.
*Illustrative imageFactors That Impede Growth and Development
Mainly through animal experiments, the lab investigates in detail the effects of various kinds of stress on growth and development, and impairments of chewing function caused by abnormalities in sensory transmission and movement, in order to develop ways to address them.
*Illustrative imageDental Treatment for Children with Disabilities and Systemic Illnesses
Prevention and treatment for children with disabilities or systemic illnesses involve many difficulties. The lab works to establish diagnostic methods that grasp each condition more accurately and treatment methods tailored to each individual, and is building a network of multiple medical institutions to support community dental care.
*Illustrative imageOcclusal Abnormalities in Primary Teeth
The lab conducts clinical research that follows over a long period the diagnosis and treatment methods for occlusal abnormalities during the period when primary teeth are in place, as well as outcomes after treatment.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Pediatric and Special Needs Dentistry Lab include faculty members, graduate students, administrative staff, and the residents, trainee doctors, clinical staff, and visiting clinicians of Hokkaido University Hospital. Dental faculty members of Hokkaido University Hospital also join in providing guidance.As of 2026
- ProfessorKoichi Nakamura
- Associate ProfessorShohei Oshima
- LecturerChihiro Takasaki
- Assistant ProfessorMai Nishiura
- Assistant ProfessorChikage Tamura
- Assistant ProfessorMari Miura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at the UCLA Venice Dental Center” UCLA School of Dentistry / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Root Resorption and Repair of Hard Tissue: “Intraoral Periapical Radiograph (IOPA) showing Deciduous(Milky or Primary) Tooth 75 and developing crown of Permanent or Secondary Teeth 35, 36 and 37” Nizil Shah / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Factors That Impede Growth and Development: “Dental cast ( )” Lee Haywood from Wollaton, Nottingham, England / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Dental Treatment for Children with Disabilities and Systemic Illnesses: “Military surgeon performing pediatric dentistry in the Northern Mariana Islands” U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released / Public domain (cropped)
- Occlusal Abnormalities in Primary Teeth: “Aichi Dental Association's Teeth Museum No - 24” KKPCW / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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