Through the pages of EJPD we wish to propose a new concept of preventive dentistry. The idea is that every little patient should begin his or her preventive and therapeutic journey when they are very, very small... and therefore from when they are still in the womb! We believe that true prevention begins with the mothers-to-be and involves the child already during foetal life. For this reason the very first years of life, during which the rapid growth is associated with the establishment of lifestyles, eating and oral hygiene habits that will affect forever the health of the child- and future adult-are extremely important. Our goal as clinicians is therefore apparently simple: to increase the knowledge and improve the general well-being of mothers, infants and children. We believe that this goal can be achieved with a widespread information campaign, the multidisciplinary sharing of common goals, and the fundamental support of dental and paediatric professionals who can help us turn this dream into reality. Therefore, starting from this issue of the European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, we will try to foster a dialogue between paediatric dentists and all physicians who provide specialty care to mothers and children in order to promote an early oral and general health with increasingly solid basis, by entering the fascinating field of Maternal and Child Dentistry!!

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妇幼牙科：引人入胜的新视角！

通过 EJPD 的页面，我们希望提出预防性牙科的新概念。这个想法是每个小病人都应该在他们非常非常小的时候开始他或她的预防和治疗之旅……因此，从他们还在子宫里的时候开始！我们相信真正的预防始于准妈妈，并在胎儿时期就涉及到孩子。出于这个原因，生命的最初几年，在此期间快速成长与建立生活方式、饮食和口腔卫生习惯有关，这些习惯将永远影响儿童和未来成年人的健康。因此，我们作为临床医生的目标显然很简单：增加知识并改善母亲、婴儿和儿童的整体福祉。我们相信，通过广泛的宣传活动、多学科共享共同目标以及牙科和儿科专业人士的基本支持，他们可以实现这一目标，他们可以帮助我们将这一梦想变为现实。因此，从本期欧洲小儿牙科杂志开始，我们将努力促进儿科牙医与所有为母婴提供专业护理的医生之间的对话，以促进早期口腔和全身健康，基础越来越扎实，通过进入迷人的母婴牙科领域！！