Dentist

The preservation of dental health for the modern man – a task much easier than even a few decades ago. From the condition of the teeth depends on the quality of chewing of food, and their aesthetic qualities (color, form, proper placement, etc.) are one of the essential attributes of beauty that are necessary for successful communication with other people.

Thanks to the dentist, even the most unsightly and neglected teeth can be restored and put in order. The only problem (except, of course, the cost of services of dentist) that stands in the way to a shining smile is a particular sore teeth.

The dentist is one of the oldest medical specialties. Evidences of dental treatment have been discovered on the remains of people buried 9 thousand years ago. Since then, methods of dentistry have become more gentle, and the range of solvable problems is wider. For the successful implementation of treatment of existing pathologies of the maxillofacial unit, there are several areas of dentistry. And although every doctor of this specialty are collectively referred to dentist or dentist, their responsibilities differ.

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A dental therapist

The dental therapist has the most comprehensive expertise and conducts primary diagnosis of the patient, guiding him to other specialists or carrying out treatment on their own depending on the detected pathology. The annual visit to the dentist – a necessary preventive measure to prevent tooth decay and other dental diseases. What is the competence of the dental therapist?

First and foremost, the specialist oral examination, revealing the presence of dental caries, loss of tooth enamel, inflammation of the gums.

Preventive procedures to prevent caries, periodontitis, periodontal disease and other diseases is also implementing a dental therapist. It eliminates Tartar and plaque, performs teeth whitening and remineralization.

A dental therapist deals with the treatment of the tooth and its root, cleans the cavity and restoring the tooth with the use of seals of various materials. When inflammation of the tooth nerve dentist carries out depulpation of the tooth, removing the nerve, with subsequent cleaning offilling of canals. A doctor who deals with root canal therapy – endodontist, has a more narrow specialization than the therapist. First is the washing of canals with antiseptic, to prevent the spread of infection, after which the channels are sealed with a special compound.

In addition, a dental therapist carries out the treatment and prevention of the complications of caries as pulpitis and gingivitis. (see also: causes and symptoms of gingivitis)


Dental surgeon

If the tooth is damaged so much that to save him is not possible, it is necessary to conduct its deletion. It is the responsibility of the dental surgeon. In addition, the surgeon is responsible for removal of teeth that grow incorrectly, disrupting the occlusion, and also has a tooth-preserving operations for which it is necessary to remove only a portion of the tooth and its root, in order to subsequently restore it, keeping the look and functionality.

Oral surgeons can also perform denture and the implants. Preparing the mouth for implantation is an oral surgeon and a dentist-orthodontist together. Other diseases, treatment which the dentist performs the surgical pathology of the temporomandibular joint, damage to the trigeminal nerve, dysfunction of the salivary glands.


Dentist-orthodontist

The orthodontist deals with the correction of malocclusion and esthetic defects in the dentition. With incorrect position of teeth broken bite and problems with chewing, the load is unevenly distributed on the teeth, which increases the risk of dental caries and can cause temporomandibular joint. So bite correction is necessary not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also is a mandatory measure for prevention of dental diseases.

The alignment of the dentition is carried out by using braces of different design. First visit to the dentist-orthodontist at children is 7-8 years old when they begin to erupt, permanent teeth. The specialist determines their direction, detects and corrects for possible violations. At the age of 12 usually there is a complete change of milk teeth at the root, abnormal occlusion at this age it is best to install a bracket system, because then the correction is much easier and faster than adults.

Children to correct the bite, the dentist installs the trainers and orthodontic braces and adults, fixed braces, the best ones are self-ligating braces.


What treats dentist?

The most common diseases of the teeth and periodontal tissues, treatment of which deals with a dentist:

  • Caries in varying degrees, is present in 95% of the population, it provoked the development of acid-forming streptococci. These bacteria feed on the remnants of the carbohydrate foods, releasing an acid that destroys tooth enamel. When they get to the soft tissue of the tooth (pulp, dentin), there is inflammation (pulpitis), which irritates the tooth nerve and causes pain that may radiate to several teeth.

  • Periodontitis – inflammation of the connective tissue of the tooth-hole, which without proper treatment ends with tooth loss. (see also: causes and symptoms of acute and chronic periodontitis)

  • Gingivitis is a disease arising from inflammation of the mucous membrane of the gums. Characteristic symptom is bad breath. If untreated, gingivitis gives a complication of periodontitis, which causes gum abscess and tooth loss.
  • Benign tumor in the gum – to this category belong, for example, a granuloma.
  • Maxillofacial injuries that affect the teeth and gums.
  • Stomatitis an acute infection causing inflammation of the mucous membrane of the oral cavity. The disease can become chronic. Although stomatitis does not represent special danger to health, it brings to the patient is significantly uncomfortable.
  • In non-epidemic parotitis form – inflammation of the parotid gland, which is triggered by dental diseases.
  • Advanced forms and complications – abscess of the tongue, abscess and other severe forms of lesions of the maxillofacial unit.

Many people are afraid of dental diseases, due to which they become patients with the aggravated forms of these diseases. In fact, with regular visits to the dentist most of the problems of the oral cavity are solved in the early stages without painful procedures, and modern methods of treatment to provide pain relief. Of course, if you run the same caries to pulpitis, without Stripping channels and treatment (or removal) of the nerve is not necessary.


Services that you can get at the dentist

Any visit to the dental office begins with a mandatory initial inspection,implying these procedures:

  • History collection, which consists of a brief medical history, presenting complaints of the patient and his own wishes if they differ from medical prescriptions (this can happen, for example, when adjusting the shape of the teeth);
  • Visual inspection with the use of special tools such as a mirror and extra light sources.
  • Palpation, tapping, and spot checks of pain in the affected areas of the teeth.

Further, at the request of the patient, depending on the identified pathology can be performed the following procedures:

  • Additional diagnostics using the probe the periodontal pockets;
  • Anthropometric study;
  • Electrogoniometry;
  • Test tooth sensitivity to temperature changes;
  • A panoramic radiograph of the jaw and individual pictures for each of the teeth, which is necessary to clarify the spatial structure of the lesions;
  • Teeth whitening methods vital staining, remove the top layer of enamel.
  • Treatment of dental illnesses, a huge list of procedures which includes: pain of the gums, scrubbing of carious lesions with the removal of the inflamed root and then the installation of seals, installation of dental prostheses in the form of implants or bridges, etc.