Dentistry is a science that covers many aspects, making it a science with many fields. After the study of dentistry, there is a division and specialization that allows them to cooperate in the same team. In this way, a synergy is achieved to carry out the entire dental treatment.

Therefore, in order to carry out comprehensive and quality treatment, these professionals undergo intensive practical training. This provides the necessary experience to give the patient confidence and seriousness in the intervention.

How is dentistry divided?

We could say that the fields in which dentistry is divided or classified are the following:

• Preventive dentistry. The main objective of this is to maintain oral health in good condition and to acquire good habits.
• Conservative. Restoration of hard tissues of the tooth that have been destroyed by caries, trauma, etc.
• Paediatric dentistry. The branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment of children.
• Maxillofacial surgery. It includes everything from the extraction of a tooth to the elevation of the maxillary sinus, bone grafts or the removal of a cyst or tumour.
• Implantology. This deals with replacing missing teeth through the surgical placement of implants.
• Periodontics. Treats everything related to the structures that form and surround the teeth (gums, bone, support tissue, etc.).
• Endodontics. Deals with diseases related to the pulp of the teeth.
• Orthodontics. This discipline deals with the study, diagnosis and treatment of anomalies of shape, position, relation and function of the dentomaxillofacial structures.
• Rehabilitation. Part of dentistry that is responsible for restoring functional and aesthetic characteristics by means of dental prostheses.

A profession with a vocation

If you add your work and your vocation, you create the perfect job. If you add, help and improve a smile, it is special. At Alvarado Dental Clinic, we help you with enthusiasm to solve your dental health.