The pediatric dentists at Riley Children’s Health have extensive experience providing comprehensive dental care to children of all ages. Our dentists—faculty members of Indiana University School of Dentistry—routinely treat children with complex medical issues. These conditions include physical disabilities, craniofacial anomalies, genetic disorders, liver and kidney disease, bleeding disorders, and congenital and acquired heart problems. Our team works closely with Riley specialists to optimize health outcomes for these medically compromised patients. DENTISTRY
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Leading-edge technologies ■ With iTero,®the newest digital scanner, we are able to expand the diagnostic and orthodontic services available to patients. ■ We are one of the few craniofacial centers in the Midwest to provide presurgical orthopedics using DynaCleft®tape to help align soft tissues and bones. Professional organization affiliations COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL NEEDS American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry LaQuia A. Vinson, DDS, MPH CLINICAL REFERENCE COMMITTEE American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Brian J. Sanders, DDS, MS COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC DENTAL SEDATION American Academy of Pediatrics James E. Jones, DMD, MSD, EdD, PhD Brian J. Sanders, DDS, MS COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION American Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Association LaQuia A. Vinson, DDS, MPH EXAMINATION COMMITTEE American Board of Pediatric Dentistry LaQuia A. Vinson, DDS, MPH ASSOCIATE EDITOR New in 2022: Five-year grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to improve children’s access to dental care and provide preventive and restorative services, while working with the medical community to educate future primary care providers.
See full team member list > DIVISION CHIEF Brian J. Sanders, DDS, MS Chair of Pediatric Dentistry, IU School of Dentistry > Connect with Dr. Sanders on Doximity. > 5 board certified pediatric dentists
Program distinctions
The Riley Dental Center, a high-volume practice, has 5 full-time faculty and 14 residents on staff. Our team sees as many as 130 patients a day.
■ Nationally recognized faculty with diverse expertise in dental care of children with special medical, emotional and psychological needs ■ Team includes dentists board certified in oral radiology, oral medicine, pediatric dentistry and orthodontics
Riley Dentistry Volume: 2022
■ Indiana’s only pediatric dental residency program
Patient visits: 12,117 New patients: 1,995 Dental OR surgeries: 847
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
Journal of the American Dental Association: October 2022 Insurance Claim Data Trends in Pulpal Therapy for Pediatric Patients Journal of the American Dental Association: May 2022 Patterns of Radiographic Use in a Population of Commercially Insured Children Journal of the American Dental Association: January 2022 Prescription of Bite-wing and Panoramic Radiographs in Pediatric Dental Patients: An Assessment of Current Trends and Provider Compliance Journal of Public Health Dentistry: January 2022 Trends in Dental Insurance Claims in the United States Before and During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in 2020 Anesthesia Progress: December 2022 Comparison of Oropharyngeal Pooling and Suctioning During Intubated and Nonintubated Dental Office-Based Anesthesia
Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent , the longest-running international
textbook in pediatric dentistry, was written by dentistry faculty at Riley Children’s and medical colleagues at IU School of Medicine. Originally published in 1963,
Journal of the American Dental Association Juan F. Yepes, DDS, MD, MPH, MS, DrPH SITE VISITOR Commission on Dental Accreditation LaQuia A. Vinson, DDS, MPH Juan F. Yepes, DDS, MD, MPH, MS, DrPH
the textbook has been translated into eight languages. The 11th edition was released in 2021.
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