All dental professionals that are involved in the provision of dental treatment for children should keep up to date with the current scientific evidence, and this is not an easy task. Government policies must involve programs that help to reduce the consumption of sugary products (diet counseling, higher taxes, parental education, and local policies). At the same time, a multidisciplinary approach must be taken into consideration when dealing with multifactorial diseases and their control.

A healthy childhood provides the foundation and opportunities for life; therefore, pediatric dentists have the unique opportunity to identify the presence of unhealthy habits in the 1st year of life and educate the parents and family members to change them for life. If all educational and preventive strategies fail or are not put into practice, the child might present oral health problems, such as dental caries, erosive tooth wear (ETW), hypomineralization, and malocclusion, that could have a great impact on other stages of life. At the moment, in pediatric dentistry, there are many alternatives to prevent and treat these oral health problems. However, if prevention fails, minimally invasive approaches, and new dental materials and technologies have been developed recently and will be important tools available in the near future in order to enhance children's oral health.