An Introduction to Dentistry

 

A dental surgeon or dentist is a health expert that devotes his or her time in curing and diagnosing sickness and conditions of teeth of patients. It is needed for a dentist to finish high school level and to take courses such as study of living and non-living things, combining chemicals in general or organic, computations of formulas and other sciences and the study of force, motion and other subjects related to these courses. Medical professionals such as the dental assistants, hygienists, therapists and technicians are people who assist the dental surgeon in treating and examining oral problems or diseases on patients who are in need of treatment or diagnosis.

 

If dentists want to perform specialized procedures in oral surgery, implants and involving general anesthesia, they must undergo further studies and trainings to be qualified for this procedures. Other jobs of a dentist to perform dental implants and give medicines to their patients for conditions on their neck and head including medicines such as antibiotics, fluorides, local anesthetics, pain killers and sedatives.

 

Finishing all the courses in a dental school, mastering all the skills and abilities in performing dental procedures and passing the national board exams are the requirements to become a licensed Dentist Fairbanks AK. Entering a dental school is quite competitive because a student must first finish a four year course but some are allowed to finish it within three years, which is a very rare case, then a student will have to take up the Dental Admission Test and other criteria are also considered such as a student's GPA, DTA result, extracurricular activities, researches and recommendations of past schools and medical professionals.

 

For studying several years and passing the board exams, a dentist conducts different procedures such as oral surgery , restorative, orthodontics, prosthodontics, endodontic, periodontal, examinations such as x-ray and diagnosis. After graduating from Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Medicine, some dentist choose to study for another two to six years to specialize on a recognized specialty in their field and then they continue to research and study by attending seminars and conferences to be able to know the latest news, procedures and techniques in their given field and to pursue their career as a dentist.

 

Sometimes when a person has an illness condition like diabetes, AIDS, osteoporosis or blood disease, this can affect the oral cavity condition of a person and it will usually lead to poor health. Dentists at http://andreaearnestdds.com/fairbanks-dentist.php do have designated titles for their specialties and some of the specialization of dentists on their field are dental public health, endodontics, pathology and radiology on oral and maxillofacial, orthodontics, dentofacial orthopaedics, periodontology, pediatric dentistry and prosthodontics.