Today we gradually returns the idea of family medicine. This was once here, but in other countries and now all are treated by family doctors, which is very convenient, because there is a specialist in charge of the health of the entire family. Dentistry could not stay away from the demands of the time and now have clinics that can provide any dental service to all family members.
The comfortable family dentistry
Family dentistry - it's not just one person who treats everyone. Today, dentistry - a few different specialties, which suggest the presence of a dentist-specific knowledge and skills. Therefore, the dentist - a podiatrist can treat teeth, dentist and general profile of their prosthesis. It is considered as a separate specialty and children's dentistry
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And orthodontics, engaged in deformity correction dentition.
In modern dentistry clinic family should have all these experts, as well as the ability to carry out all necessary diagnostic tests (at least, the general blood tests and x-rays). In addition, good family dental clinics have a pediatrician and an otolaryngologist, because dental problems in children
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often arise because of some common violations or because of ENT diseases. No less important and consultation maxillofacial surgeon - children often have congenital anomalies of dental system, which can only be corrected by surgery.
Finally, the family should have a dental clinic or a dental laboratory, or the possibility, in accordance with the contract the services of a dental laboratory in another clinic.
Thus, a family dentist - a clinic, you can go to any dental problem with the whole family and at the same time you will not be sent for further examination or treatment outside the institution (well, except, of course, in-patient treatment if the need arises).
What can offer general dentist
The specialty "Dentistry" includes therapeutic and surgical dentistry
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That is, a general dentist can, how to treat and remove teeth. But today these two specialty clinics usually separated and have separate offices Dental therapist and dental surgeon. And so correct, as it is in general, several different specialties requiring grinding certain skills.
Typically, the patient first gets to the dentist-physician, who carefully examines it and captures the state of its dental system in the medical card (today it is most often a computer version of the documentation) to subsequently be able to notice any changes. Then the therapist or solve all the problems of the patient himself, or encourages him to turn to other experts here in the clinic.
Since the main purpose of a family clinic - a long period of observation and treatment of all family members, the task of the dentist-therapist - prevention of dental disease and tooth decay in the first place. To this end, it recommends that their patients undergo check-ups at least twice a year. During such inspections revealed the very first slight signs of caries (stage stain), which can be treated conservatively with the help of applications solutions of mineral salts. During a routine inspection carried out as professional teeth cleaning, which prevents the occurrence of tooth decay and gum disease. In addition, the results of the inspection dentist makes recommendations for the care of teeth. This approach to treatment of teeth with time yields the results: the number of cases is significantly reduced caries.
If the patient is addressed with advanced tooth decay, then it will be provided to qualified help. Pain while he will not feel at all - a modern dental equipment and anesthetics for topical application allow you to take any pain. If a person can not tolerate drugs prolechat teeth under general anesthesia.
Specialist treatment of periodontal tissue (periodontist) to help cope with the disease of the gums and deeper tissues surrounding the tooth.
What can offer a children's dentist
Children's dentist - a very special profession, which is closely related to pediatrics, as many diseases can affect the child's state of his teeth. An experienced pediatric dentist will draw parents' attention to certain symptoms that may indicate the presence of a child of a common disease, and recommend them to turn to the pediatrician or otolaryngologist.
Children's Dental Clinic in the family - is also primarily prevention. In order to prevent tooth decay, teeth cleaned, is applied to them special facilities with mineral salts and varnishes, sealing fissures (cracks) in the teeth - that's where most of the bacteria fall and cause cavities.
Children dentist advises, even infants, treatment of the milk teeth
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is best done in 2-3 years, but you do it before.
Orthodontics and prosthetics
The orthodontist's office time to identify and correct all violations of the structure of dental system of the child. And if such a correction requires an adult, it is also not a problem - modern techniques can help, and such patients.
Modern prosthetics can be carried out according to the wishes of the patient in very different ways. Prostheses can be both removable and non-removable, and techniques - traditional and novel.
Galina Romanenko
