A pediatric dentist is a specialist in the field of dentistry that focuses on the unique dental needs and oral health of infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric dentists have two to three additional years of education and training beyond a four-year dental school curriculum. Areas of special training include: child behavior/psychology, oral facial growth and development, hospital dentistry, sedation, pharmacology, emergency dentistry, treatment of the medically compromised and developmentally disabled children, early decay prevention, public health dentistry. Above all, pediatric dentists only treat children, so they are very "tuned-in" to children and know what it takes to make your child's dental visits as pleasant and fear-free as possible.