Dentists And Their Usefulness

By Wesley Lucas

There is no doubt that an impeccable teeth set enhances personality greatly and a beautiful smile flashed through sparkling teeth can win the hearts of any. But it takes conscious efforts on your part to acquire such a disarming teeth set. High levels of hygiene, that also from early ages and timely checkups and treatments from qualified dentists as and when any problem arises would enhance the longevity of your teeth and any carelessness here would result in exact the opposite.

Dental health is synonymous with complete health of the body. As healthy citizens are the actual wealth of every society, the role dentists have in keeping the society in good health is second to none. Diseased and worn teeth can often bring about many additional ailments. People are getting increasingly aware of the necessity to have a perfect and clean set of teeth for a joyful life.

Dentistry involves dental treatment and dental care. Dentists can be classified into several categories according to their qualifications. Nine specialized streams exist which deals with dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry and prosthodontics.

All these specifications try to deal with different aspects of dentistry. You see name boards hanging at the office of dentists with suffixes like orthodontist, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, prosthodontist, pediatric dentist, endodontist, periodontist etc. Each of these specialties caters to specific dental problems. In addition, some more specializations like special needs dentistry, dental anesthesiology, geriatric dentistry, oral biology, forensic odontology, veterinary dentistry and aviation dentistry etc also exist. Dentists acquire the qualification levels to treat you and me only after studying for several years in their specialties. Another fully developed stream is the cosmetic dentistry. This stream and its acceptance is growing these days because people want to look good by hiding dental flaws, discolorations etc.

The practical and theoretical knowledge of a dentist has a direct bearing on the outcome of treatment. Dentists of our times have to be in step with the technological advances etc so that they remain ever useful for individual as well as collective needs of the public. - 29879

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