The PPA will help represent
the state pediatric dentistry association in promoting children's oral health issues with the state legislature and other elected bodies, state regulatory agencies (including Medicaid and health departments), licensing bureaus, professional health and child welfare organizations, oral health coalitions, foundations, institutions of dental education, publicly - funded safety net programs, and the private sector benefits industry.
It's certainly within the realm of what's considered normal for a 4 - year - old to lose a baby tooth, says Dennis J. McTigue, a professor of
pediatric dentistry at Ohio
State University and a 30 - year practitioner of children's
dentistry.