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Dentists and Dental Specialists
Q. I'm confused because I've seen so many names for dentists. How do you tell them apart?
A. All licensed dentists have earned either a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree. While these graduate degrees have difference names, they are the same.
General dentists are dental care professionals who provide common dental services and treatment, much as a general physician, or G.P. provides common health care services and treatment.
Dental specialists are dental care professionals specially trained in and practicing a specific type of care other than general dentistry.
The most common dental specialists are:- Endodontists limit their practices to treating diseases of and injuries to tooth pulp.
- Orthodontists limit their practices to the treatment of misaligned teeth and their surrounding structures.
- Pedodontists limit their practices to treatment of children from birth through adolescence.
- Periodontists limit their practices to the treatment of diseases of the supporting and surrounding tissues of the teeth.
- Prosthodontists limit their practices to the restoration of the natural teeth and/or the replacement of missing teeth with artificial substitutes.
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