Today, more and more people are becoming aware of what cosmetic dentistry has to offer in their everyday lives. With this awareness, there appears to be an increase in the demand for general dentists to offer cosmetic dentistry in a fast and effective manner. More than ever before, dentists are challenged to create a beautiful smile utilizing various modalities of restorative dentistry. But is the general dentist the right person to be trusted with your precious smile? The majority of general dentist are trained to maintain your oral health care. But when it comes to the cosmetic aspects joined with the functional aspects of your smile, you might want to see a specialist, i.e. a prosthodontist.
Prosthodontists are specially trained to blend modern aesthetic techniques with the other important aspect of your teeth, i.e. eating. There is a lot more than meets the eye then just altering the way a smile looks. It also has to function and the training to make that happen properly is what is taught in the two – three year post-dental doctorate speciality of prosthodontics.
Prosthodontics: (crown, bridge, and implants) A Prosthodontist has a specialty license pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes. Most dentists are not trained prosthodontic graduates of a dental school – rather they take short continuing education and utilize trial and error experience to be able to understand how size, shape, color and symmetry all work together to create what a prosthodontists is trained in their post graduate work. On the other hand, the prosthodontist is trained at a university to create the smile that implements the use of veneers, crowns, bridges and the increasingly more common procedure of dental implants to ensure that the right smile is achieved, both functionally and aesthetically beautiful. If anyone has a specialty in cosmetic dentistry, it would be the prosthodontist. So when you are seriously looking for a cosmetic dentist, look for a prosthodontist.
Of the 170 thousand dentists in the United States, only 3200 are prosthodontists. Of those, Forbes magazine reports only 560 are practicing. The Prosthodontist is the second rarest job in the United States and the rarest of specialities within dentistry.
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