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Dentists: Doctors with a difference
by Fratelliano Dentise
http://www.dental-sites.com
Dentists are people who practices dentistry as a profession.
Dentistry is the arrangement, function and placement of
teeth according to the dental science. In order to become a
dentist one needs to be trained for many years in a
university as well as have some practical experience. In
United States, you have to obtain a degree in DDS or DMD,
prior to that you must hold a post graduate degree, to be a
dentist. In Australia, dentist holds a degree in bachelor of
dental surgery or bachelor of dental science. In United
Kingdom dentists undergo five years of study prior to
securing BDS degree.
There are several specialties in dentistry. Dentists can be
specialists of either of these:
The straightening of teeth is Orthodontics. They also
perform oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Pedodontics: This involves treatment of children's teeth.
The treatment of various gum disease is a Periodontics.
A Prosthodontic replaces missing teeth with the help of
dental implants, bridges and dentures.
Operative dentistry involves restoring existing teeth.
An Endodontics performs root canals.
Dental public health is the study of social health policies
and dental epidemiology
Forensic Odontology: In this dental evidences are gathered
and used, in law.
Oral Radiology and Oral Pathology: It is the study of oral
and various other dental diseases.
Further training is needed for dentists to become
specialists. However, there re some other specialties too
for which dentists do not require such training. These are
cosmetic dentistry, temporal-mandibular joint therapy and
dental implant. In order to be the specialists in these, the
courses that last for about few days are enough.
History reveals that in some parts of the world like Canada
there were no dentists in the colonial times. Although,
Europe and some other developed parts of the world had
dentists, in Canada, interestingly, blacksmiths and barbers
used to pull out decayed teeth of the people. Canada got its
first dentist when some loyalists fled to Canada from
America in order to escape the ongoing revolution. In 1814,
someone for the first time advertised in the newspaper
offering his dentistry services. That is how people of
Canada came to know of this profession.
There are other amazing facts associated with this
profession. People believe that dentists suffer from
inferiority complex as they are looked down upon by other
medical professionals. To make the matter worse they do not
have a good rapport with their clients as everyone hates to
see the dentist because of the pain. According to some
research a higher suicidal rate among the dentists is
attributed to all these reasons.
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