Endodontic is used for prevention, diagnose and dental pulp diseases treatment like pulpitis. It can cause bone infections to the roots bottom called periapical lesions.
The endodontist is a specialist that acquired a qualification and experience allowing him to give endodontic treatments with a high-level success. He uses a surgical microscope and works with the best fitted technology in quality and sterility.
Periodontology is the dental side that cares the supporting tissue of the tooth, the periodontal. It includes the alveolar bone, the periodontal ligament and the gengiva.
Periodontology prevent and treat the periodontal diseases (e.a. chronic periodontitis). It affects the supporting tissues by destructing them. This leads to the gradual loosening and loss of teeth. The scale is the major responsible.
The periodontologist does a periodontic evaluation and estimates through an examination the risk factors. He is the specialized dentist in prevention and periodontic diseases surgery.
Prosthetics and dental aesthetics are fully integrated in the general dentistry. These specialties need qualification, precision and aesthetic feeling. The goal is replacing partially or completely but for longevity the damaged and/or unaesthetic crown side. It is realized on living or devitalized tooth following circumstances.
It will be inlays, crowns or facets in choosen materials (ceramic, composite material, ...) for reliability and aesthetic.
When there is no root anymore, a crown will be placed on an implant. The high-quality job will be done on the way to be perfectly integrated in the natural aesthetic of the other teeth.
He has to work closely with endodontics, periodontology, implantology and orthodontics.
Implantology is the surgical side of dentistry that replaces roots of missing teeth with implants. These are titanium screws placed in the alveolar bone. It can be done for a tooth, several or all the teeth.
Implantology became a routine and can be done very quickly and painless. Placement of the implant will be done after healing of the extraction zone or, more and more usual, directly after extraction. An artificial crown will be placed on this structure.
The specialized dentist in parodontics with implant universitary qualification is the most capable for this kind of work. The acquired experience due to the exclusive practice of parodontologics – implantology allows him to manage complex situations.
Orthodontics is the dentistry branch that allows to correct teeth wrong position and jaws malformation to give a new functional teeth and aesthetic.
An orthodontics treatment apply a traction on one or several teeth to move them and place them to obtain the perfect alignment and a dental harmonious balance.
This concerns the children but also adults in search for a more aesthetic looking and a more functional use of their teeth. The self-ligating appliances, as the Damon system, offer less restrictive treatments with less appointments, less feeling of pain and less needs to extract adult-teeth. The lingual appliances, offer to adults discreet treatments. It is possible to combine orthodontics with orthognathic surgery to solve adult huge skeletal unbalance.
Orthodontist is a dentist possessing an universitary diploma in dentofacial orthopedics and orthodontics confirming his qualification.
