Specialties


General Dentistry encompasses the care and treatment of the teeth and gums. The most common treatments involve the treatment for dental cavities. Decayed teeth can be filled with dental amalgam, dental composite, dental porcelain and precious or non-precious metals. Dentists can prescribe medication, x-rays, and devices for home or in-office use. Many oral diseases and abnormalities can indicate systemic, neural, or other diseases.

Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the study and treatment of improper bites, which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both. The word comes from the Greek words ortho meaning straight and odons meaning tooth. Orthodontic treatment can focus on dental displacement only, or can deal with the control and modification of facial growth. Orthodontic treatment can be carried out for purely aesthetic reasons—improving the general appearance of patients' teeth and face for cosmetic reasons—but treatment is often prescribed for practical reasons, providing the patient with a functionally improved bite

Oral surgery is surgery to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral region. It is a recognized international surgical specialty.

Cosmetic dentistry is the field of dentistry that focuses on improving the appearance of the mouth (teeth and gums), unlike traditional dentistry that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases. People seek cosmetic dentistry for a variety of reasons. The truth is most people would like their teeth to be straighter, whiter, and pleasing to the eye when they smile. Many people who feel that their smile is unattractive, will rarely smile or cover their mouth with their hand whenever they laugh. This could also influence negatively their self esteem which can impact both personal and professional relationships. Others just want to look younger, and they want to hide the signs of aging on their teeth (such as yellowish color and worn tooth edges).

Implantology is replacing damaged or missing teeth with an artificial tooth replacement that resemble the natural teeth. There are several types of restoration dental implants. The most widely accepted and successful implant today is the one based on the discovery that titanium can be successfully fused into bone. This forms a structural and functional connection between the living bone and the implant. A variation on the implant procedure is the implant-supported denture.

Periodontics, is the branch of dentistry which studies supporting structures of teeth, and diseases and conditions that affect them.The supporting tissues are known as the periodontium, which includes the gingiva (gums), Periodontal diseases take on many different forms, but are usually a result of bacterial plaque accumulation of the gums and teeth, Untreated, these diseases lead to bone loss and tooth loss, and is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults.

TMJ Therapy is the treatment of pain or dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint (jaw). This term is used to refer to a group of problems involving the jaw joint and the muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, and other tissues associated with them. Some practitioners might include the neck, the back and even the whole body in describing problems with TMJ.