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Purpose
Te American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) presents
this guideline to assist the practitioner in the restorative care of
infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special health
care needs. Te objectives of restorative treatment are to repair
or limit the damage from caries, protect and preserve the tooth
structure, reestablish adequate function, restore esthetics (where
applicable), and provide ease in maintaining good oral hy-
giene. Pulp vitality should be maintained whenever possible.
Methods
This document is an update of the guideline last revised in
2007. This revision is based on current dental and medical
literature related to restorative dentistry. An electronic search
was conducted using PubMed