Dental Specialities

  • Prosthodontics & Maxillofacial prosthodontics: This relates to providing prosthesis (artificial substitutes) for the missing dental and oral structures. A prosthodontist replaces the missing dental structures, with the various kinds of appliances custom made for the patient.
  • Oral Surgery & Maxillofacial Surgery: Is a purely surgical branch, deals with dental surgical treatment and oral diseases. Oral surgeon can be referred from simplest surgical procedure of tooth extraction to complex surgical procedures that require extensive surgery. A purely surgical branch, the degree of expertise required is large and along with a great deal of medical knowledge. The medical knowledge is necessary to evaluate the general health/fitness of the patient to undergo surgery as well as to handle any medical emergency that arises during the procedure.

    He/she also replaces complex oro-facial structures. These are used to treat patients with congenital defects (birth defects) or post-surgery treatment particularly in cancer patients.

  • Pedodontics: The term ‘pedo’ or ‘peds’ implies children, thus pedodontics or pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry dealing with children. The oral health concerns for children vary from adults. The main focus is on prevention.

    It takes into consideration the growth and development of the dental and oro- facial structures of the child. A pedodontist must be able to understand the child psychology and successfully handle the kid.

  • Conservative dentistry & Endodntics: Technological advancement has resulted in conservation of the natural teeth. And this exactly is dealt in the branch of conservative dentistry. The procedures involved are filling of carious tooth, building and restoring of the broken or diseased teeth. The procedure is done bearing in mind that optimal treatment is provided without causing loss of tooth structure.

    Restoration of the tooth aesthetics also comes under the jurisdiction of this branch, although aesthetic dentistry is a multi speciality discipline. The initial half ‘endo’ indicates that it involves treatment of dental pulp diseases. The pulp damage occurs due to advanced dental caries that reaches the pulp.Thus, an endodontist is a specialist who is skilled in procedures for restoration and protection of the tooth.

  • Periodontics: ‘Peri’ suggests around something and ‘odontos’ means tooth, so periodontics means the surrounding structures of the tooth. These would be the gums and the supporting bone, without which the function of the tooth is lost. A periodontist undertakes all the procedures for the teeth’s health. These can be as simple as scaling of teeth or as complex as a periodontal surgery.
  • Orthodontics: This specialization involves the perfect alignment of teeth but also the proper growth of the teeth and jaws. Many people have problems with the alignment of their teeth, which is desirable from aesthetic and also functional position.