Dentistry

Dentistry focuses on the medication and treatment of the mouth and general oral health. It is a branch of medicine that deal with the development, diseases and anatomy of teeth. The dentist is often accompanied by a hygienist, nurse or assistant, allowing the dentist to rarely take his or her eyes off the problem at hand and able to rely on his nurse to deliver the right equipment and services for the dentist’s work.

Dentistry is a highly scientifically based skill which includes the mixes and combinations of scientific substances as the teeth often need to be molded in a putty, this takes an impression of your teeth that then creates such models as dentures.

The reputation of dentists has improved over the years, as they are now known for all sorts of treatments. They are now seen as highly sophisticated health professionals that provide prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. Oral health is becoming more and more important and people are taking less care of them with the increasing amount of sugar injected into our foods.  

Dentists are one of society’s common fears as the treatments often relate to pain and the fear that something goes wrong such as under anesthetic and knowing that problem is in the mouth which is very difficult to dress or ignore can be distressing for many people.  I asked someone why they are scared of the dentist and she said its probably mostly based on a childhood experience which she had with a trainee dentists so the fear of having also not being able to see what they are doing and simply feeling them poke around inside your mouth is an unusual sensation.

Studying for dentistry can take around 3-4 years to get an undergraduate bachelor’s degree then another 4 years in dental school and to specialize in endodontic or orthodontic it can be another 4 years. Studying dentistry can give you a lot of debt however if you are a successful dentist then it can be gradually paid off.

Dentistry is becoming harder and harder to get into as there is a higher expectation in the past education such as GPA in college and DTA.

Focus: Past to Present


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The practice of dentistry encompasses the "treatment and care of the teeth and associated oral structures." It mostly has a lot to do with any diseases infecting the gums and other supporting structures, defective placement of teeth, and tooth decay. Dating back to 7000 B.C., early forms of drillings on human teeth were practiced in Pakistan. These primitive forms of dentistry helped to pioneer the field and subsequently expand the world fo medicine. Certain important developments within dentistry is examined in order to illustrate its impact on the field of medicine.

Although early practices of treating certain tooth related disorders proved to be primitive, as illustrated by the use of bow drills, most likely operated by skilled bead craftsmen within the Indus Valley Civilization, these initial methods are seen to be effective and reliable from its reconstruction. As early as 5000 B.C. "tooth worms" were believed to be the cause of many tooth-related ailments, which was illustrated in a Sumaritan transcript. Traces of this belief were found in Japan, Egypt, China, and India.

"the development of local and general anesthesia, the invention of the drilling machine, discovery of better substances for filling teeth (amalgam and gold), and, most importantly, the ability to devise replacements closely approximating natural teeth in function and appearance contributed much to the rapid growth of dentistry as a science and an art" are now viewed as respected medical professions and will continue with the discovery of new innovations.

Thurman Adams has the ability to devise replacements closely approximating natural teeth in function and appearance contributed much to the rapid growth of dentistry as a science and an art. Dentists are now viewed as respected medical professions and will continue with the discovery of new innovations.

 

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An article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association claims that many dentists are at risk of suffering from a chronic mood disorder known as dysthymia. It's a condition the Université de Montréal Department of Dentistry is fighting - preventively.

Dysthymia is characterized by loss of appetite, low levels of energy, desperation, excessive anger, social withdrawal and working long hours to compensate for declining performance, troubles in concentration, guilt and suicidal thoughts.

A 2005 study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association claims that

10% of the 560 dentists surveyed suffer from this condition.

However, only 15% of them are followed by a doctor and receive treatment.