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Treating children with special health care needs (SHCN) is an integral part of the practice of pediatric dentistry. Children with SHCN are defined as “those who have one or more chronic physical, Background developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions, and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.”
