Dental
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is a branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity (the mouth), commonly in the dentition (development and arrangement of teeth) as well as the oral mucosa, and of adjacent and related structures and tissues, particularly in associated maxillofacial (jaw and facial) area. The field of dentistry or dental medicine includes teeth as well as other aspects of the craniofacial complex including the temporomandibular joint and other supporting, muscular, lymphatic, nervous, vascular, and anatomical structures. The practitioner is called a dentist.
Dentistry is often also understood to subsume the now largely defunct medical specialty of stomatology (the study of the mouth and its disorders and diseases) for which reason the two terms are used interchangeably in certain regions. For instance, in Australia, stomatology is considered to be a specialty of dentistry. However, some specialties such as oral and maxillofacial surgery (facial reconstruction) may require both medical and dental degrees to accomplish. Dentistry and some branches of medicine in European history were considered to have stemmed from the trade of barber surgeons. However, both fields have evolved since with a heavier emphasis in life sciences, evidence-based research and evidence-based practice.
- Symptom: Toothache. If your mouth or jaw hurt, it could be from a toothache. …
- Symptom: Sensitive Teeth. …
- Symptom: Bleeding or Sore Gums. …
- Symptom: Bad Breath. …
- Symptom: Jaw Pain or Popping/Clicking in the Jaw. …
- Symptom: Dry Mouth. …
- Symptom: Oral Piercing Infection. …
- Symptom: Cracked or Broken Teeth.
- Caries. The first diagnosis we’re going to be covering is caries. …
- Pulpal and Periapical. …
- Periodontitis. …
- Tooth Surface Loss. …
- Dentine hypersensitivity. …
- Cracked tooth syndrome. …
- Pericoronititis. …
- Alveolar osteitis (Dry socket)