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Maram A. Alagla
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I was blessed to be given the opportunity to treat children in a combined doctorate program of pediatric dentistry. It is the variety and the challenge of the specialty, the responsibility and the sympathy I have toward children that made me want to expand my knowledge and explore future aspects. During my residency training for the past three years I have encountered the unbreakable cycle of dental caries recurrence cases. I was eager to explore in my public health courses the reason behind the repeated cycle of the disease. Despite applying the preventive measures I know; the ongoing cycle seems to never cease. There come many times where I lost the battle I am having against the disease. Children who had a full dental rehabilitation under general anaesthesia where another dilemma, prevention was my only weapon during their recall visits. All the desperation aside when I started treating children with special health care needs, where dental treatment was not even a priority for them. Prevention was my best choice. It is the challenges I faced that made me determined to search for a possible solution. I am pleased to have finally got the chance to conduct a research investigating possible contributing factors. After conducting this research, I wish the findings will help me and help other dental care providers around the world in halting the progress of the disease. I wish I contributed to shifting the paradigm of restorative treatment first to prevention first. It is my goal to provide the optimum dental health for the children I am treating and by contributing to the world this research I wish the findings will benefit the children all over the world.

Reviewer Keywords
pediatric dentistry behavioral analysis dental caries research child psychology
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