Dentistry

Dentistry is a branch of medicine whose activities are aimed at studying the structure and functioning of teeth, the oral cavity, the maxillofacial region, and the border areas of the face and neck. Dentistry also deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of these organs.

Dentistry is divided into therapeutic, surgical, orthopedic, periodontology and orthodontics.

A specialist who represents this area of medicine is a dentist.

Symptoms that require you to see a dentist:

• acute or chronic toothache:
• pain, swelling, bleeding gums;
• palpable neoplasm in the gum;
• change in tooth color;
• plaque on the teeth, tongue, inner walls of the cheeks.

Diseases that dentistry studies:

• diseases non-carious teeth: enamel hypoplasia and fluorosis, necrosis of hard dental tissues, wedge-shaped defect, enamel erosion, dental trauma;
• caries and its complications (periodontitis, pulpitis, periostitis);
• diseases of the oral mucosa: stomatitis, glossitis, cheilitis;
• periodontal diseases: periodontitis, periodontosis, gingivitis;
• diseases of the trigeminal nerve: glossalgia, neuritis, neuralgia;
• diseases of the salivary glands: mumps, salivary stone disease;
• inflammatory diseases.

Diagnostics and treatment measures in dentistry

For diagnosis A visual examination is usually sufficient for a dentist. In case of pathologies that develop inside the gums or bone tissue, additional diagnostic methods are required, such as X-rays.