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Dr. Alton Gifford Mcwhorter DDS
Dentist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Dentistry
3302 Gaston Ave Room 203 Dallas TX, 75246About
Dr. Alton Mcwhorter is a pediatric dentist practicing in Dallas, TX. Dr. Mcwhorter specializes in the oral health of children. Pediatric dentists tend to patients ranging in age from infancy to teenaged years. As a pediatric dentist, Dr. Mcwhorter takes care of a childs teeth, gums and mouth. Children can face dental problems like tooth decay and gum disease without proper care. Pediatric dentists can provide dental examinations, give cleanings and treatments, repair cavitities and dental injuries like fractured or knocked-out teeth, diagnose oral conditions and more.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Are general dentists' practice patterns and attitudes about treating Medicaid-enrolled preschool age children related to dental school training?
- Infant oral health education in U.S. dental school curricula.
- Purposeful assessment techniques (PAT) applied to an OSCE-based measurement of competencies in a pediatric dentistry curriculum.
- Concentration of formocresol used by pediatric dentists in primary tooth pulpotomy.
- Evaluation of aggressive pulp therapy in a population of vitamin D-resistant rickets patients: a follow-up of 4 cases.
- Using OSCE-based evaluation: curricular impact over time.
- Evaluation of morphine as compared to meperidine when administered to the moderately anxious pediatric dental patient.
- Prevalence of dental abscess in a population of children with vitamin D-resistant rickets.
- Pharmacologic behavior management of pediatric dental patients diagnosed with attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Conservative management for a patient with aplastic anemia without use of blood products. Case report.
- Spin-off applications of mouthguards.
- Preventive resin restorations: practice and billing patterns of pediatric dentists.
- Pediatric obesity curriculum in pediatric dental residency programs.
- Treatment planning for the pediatric patient.
- Behavior symposium Workshop A report - current guidelines/revision.
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621 NORTH HALL STREET DALLAS TX 75226