Today, when you think of a pediatric dentist, you imagine a specialist dentist that’s amazing with kids. What you don’t think about is that the overarching profession of dentistry goes back countless centuries, with pediatric dentists only first entering the scene in the 1900s. Read on to learn about how the education, standards, and knowledge of growing smiles has changed throughout the years, and when pediatric dentists were first introduced to the field of dentistry.