General
Dentist:
General dentist is the primary dental care provider for patients in
all age groups. The general dentist is responsible for the diagnosis,
treatment, management and overall coordination of services related
to patients' oral health needs.
General dentists are highly educated and trained on all dental procedures,
choosing not to specialize in only one particular facet of dentistry.
These dental experts have access to a wealth of dental information,
including what interests you most--keeping that bright, healthy smile.
Pediatric Dentist:
Pediatric Dentist is the professional dentist specifically trained
to provide both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic
oral health care for infants, children, adolescents, and patients
with special health care needs.
Periodontist:
Dental professional specializing in the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of diseases affecting the gums and supporting structures
of the teeth and in the placement and maintenance of dental implants.
Oral
and maxillofacial surgeons
Are surgical specialists of dentistry who treat conditions, defects,
injuries, and esthetic aspects of the mouth, teeth, jaws, and face.
They care for patients who have problem wisdom teeth, facial pain,
and misaligned jaws. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons also treat
accident victims suffering facial injuries, offer reconstructive
and dental implant surgery, and care for patients with tumors and
cysts of the jaws.
Orthodontist
Is the dentist that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of dental and facial irregularities. The technical term
for these problems is "malocclusion," which means "bad
bite." The practice of orthodontics requires professional skill
in the design, application and control of corrective appliances
(braces) to bring teeth, lips and jaws into proper alignment and
achieve facial balance.
Public Health Specialist:
The Specialist in promotion of effective efforts in disease prevention,
health promotion and service delivery.
As well as education of the public, health professionals and decision-makers
regarding the importance of oral health to total well-being.
Endodontist:
Is the Dentist specialist in treating the teeth when damage has
reached the pulp this include endodontic treatment to debride and
clean the pulp chamber and fill the tooth permenantly
Prosthodontist:
Is the dentist specialized in restoring missing oral structures
including teeth and soft tissues by removable dentures or fixed
bridges or dental implants.
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist:
Provides Obturators and facial prosthesis for patients who lost
part of their face or oral tissues due to accidents or tumours
Operative or restorative dentist:
Is the dental specialist in restoring fractured or decayed or largely
destroyed teeth by fillings, buildups inlays ,onlays and crowns
The specialist also provide esthetics and cosmetic dentistry by
bleaching and veneering or crowning teeth.
Badly aligned teeth can be improved by complete mouth rehabilitation.
Oral Medicine Specialist:
Are specialist in patient care ,education and research that is responsible
for the diagnosis and management of the persons with diseases and
conditions that primarily and secondarily affect the oral cavity
and adjacent structures
Oral Pathologist:
Is the specialist in diagnosing the disease condition through microscopic
examination of specimen from lesions in the oral cavity and the
application of different tests to reach the ultimate identification
of a lesion, condition or a disease.
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