General Dentistry

What is General Dentistry and What does it include?

Everyone has had some interaction with General Dentistry throughout their life. If you look far back enough, you have probably had a few encounters with a general dentist too. General Dentists are the professionals providing your teeth cleanings, your check-ups, and fillings when needed. They are the main dental care providers for people of all ages, and are dedicated to optimizing your oral health.

General Dentistry covers the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of oral health conditions. This means that General Dentists are responsible for your routine check-ups, examinations, cleanings, and restorations. They develop customized dental hygiene plans for their patients, which include things like teeth cleaning, tooth scaling, and X-Rays.

Disease prevention is an important part of General Dentistry. Diagnostic equipment and regular check-ups allow General Dentists to detect and treat problems as early as possible. However, you may be referred to a specialist depending on the condition of you mouth.

How do General Dentists differ from Specialists?

General Dentists provide a wide range of treatments and procedures. Specialists, on the other hand, focus on a specific area of dentistry. As a result, specialists bring a higher level of knowledge, expertise, and skill to certain oral issues that fall within their specialties.

What qualifications do General Dentists have?

All general dentists complete an undergraduate education, followed by four years at an accredited dental school. Many dentists also undergo special training in particular areas.

General Dentistry Services

Preventive Services

Preventing tooth decay and disease is a core responsibility of General Dentists. This is achieved through regular exams, diagnostic X-rays, and professional teeth cleanings. Your general dentist will also screen you for oral cancer and may offer tooth sealants or fluoride treatments.

Without a doubt, your at-home dental hygiene regime plays a determining role in your oral health. As a result, general dentists also recommend ways to improve your dental habits at home, helping to keep your mouth happy and your smile bright.

For those who play sports or live an active lifestyle, prevention can also take the form of mouth guards. Custom mouth guards provided by your dentist are crucial for preventing tooth damage from sports.

Restoration Services

Restoration services include anything that restores the look and function of your teeth after damage, decay, or disease. One of the most common types of tooth restorations is cavity fillings. If your dentist finds tooth decay during one of your appointments, it has to be removed and a filling applied to the affected tooth.

Dental crowns (caps that fit over damaged or missing teeth), dental implants, and inlays and onlays (a type of dental filling) are other forms of restoration services designed to treat missing or damaged teeth. Additionally, some dentists also provide treatments like bridgework, orthodontics (braces and clear aligners), and denture fittings.

You must have heard “Be nice to dentists, they have fillings too”. Yeah, dental fillings are a common treatment, even dentists got it, but some people are afraid of it. Let’s take a look at what is dental filling, and what are the options available.

What is Dental Filling?

A filling is a way to restore a tooth damaged by decay back to its normal function and shape. Materials used for fillings include

What material we use for Dental Filling?

Gold
Composite resin (which is tooth-colored fillings)
Amalgam (which is outdated)

Advantages of Dental Fillings

The first and most important advantage of a dental filling is that it prevents dental decay from progressing further.
Modern Dentistry offers you the best dental filling material which is strong enough to withstand the biting forces.
Dentists will remove the decay and place a filling material of your choice or advised by the dentist.
No one will know whether you have a dental filling or not. Unless you choose an amalgam filling.
Getting a dental filling can help you save money, time, and most importantly a lot of pain. Once the infection reaches the nerve (pulp) it gives a sharp pain.
Preventing dental decay from progressing deep in the pulp is the best way to avoid root canal treatment.

What are the signs that you should get a Dental Filling?

What if the Dental Decay is very deep?

Our team is very skeptical about suggesting a root canal treatment for a deep cavity. Most of the time we do a procedure called indirect pulp capping.

What is Pulp Capping?

Pulp capping is a technique used in dental restorations to prevent the dental pulp from necrosis, after being exposed, or nearly exposed in case of a deep cavity.

It ‘s recommended that a person should visit dentist for a regular check-up, to identify that dental decay in its early stages, so that a dentist can prevent the progression by giving a dental filling over there.

Cosmetic Services

The aim of cosmetic dentistry is to improve the appearance of your smile. A sparkling white smile has a huge impact on your confidence, and your dentist can help you achieve this. General dentists offer a range of cosmetic procedures such as teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, and cosmetic bonding.

Over-the-counter teeth-whitening kits rarely deliver the desired results and can damage your teeth in the process. As a result, you should always opt for professional teeth whitening provided by your general dentist.

Minor Oral Surgeries

General dentists can perform minor oral surgeries. For example, you can receive a wisdom tooth removal or tooth extraction without having to visit a specialist. A general dentist can also provide root canal therapy, where the infected or inflamed soft tissue is removed from the inside of a tooth.

So you must be experiencing some trouble because of your trapped tooth which is resisting to come out. You’ll likely need your impacted wisdom tooth pulled if it results in problems such as:

Pain
Food and debris getting struck behind the wisdom tooth
Infection or gum disease (periodontal disease)
Tooth decay in a partially erupted wisdom tooth
Damage to a nearby tooth or surrounding bone
Development of a fluid-filled sac (cyst) around the wisdom tooth
Complications with orthodontic treatments to straighten other teeth

Wisdom tooth extraction at Innovative Dental Care in India?

Human beings have four wisdom teeth, located at the four corners of the oral cavity. It is the last tooth present in the mouth. For most of the people, this tooth doesn’t have space to come out of the jaw bone to the oral cavity which will result in mentioned problems.

So our experts will advise for the removal of the particular wisdom tooth to bring you ease. To prevent potential future problems, some dentists and oral surgeons recommend wisdom tooth extraction even if impacted teeth aren’t currently causing problems.

The removal of wisdom teeth can be a difficult and painful process. For those in Gurgaon seeking help with this, Innovative Dental Care is the perfect place to turn. With experienced dentists and advanced technology, they can make the process as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

Innovative Dental Care offers many options for wisdom tooth removal in Rajkot India, ranging from basic extractions to more complicated procedures that involve sectioning or repositioning the tooth. The team will take into account factors such as age, medical history, type of tooth, and condition before deciding on an appropriate course of action.

Innovative Dental Care makes sure that their patients are well-informed abut the procedure itself so that they can relax knowing what will happen before, during, and after the extraction.

As impacted wisdom tooth may:

Grow at an angle toward the next tooth (second molar)
Grow at an angle toward the back of the mouth
Grow at a right angle to the other teeth, as if the wisdom tooth is “lying down” within the jawbone
Grow straight up or down like other teeth but stay trapped within the jawbone
Wisdom tooth removal procedure is done by our best oral surgeons, procedure is less invasive
After the procedure
If you receive sedation anesthesia or general anesthesia, you’re taken to a recovery room after the procedure. If you have local anesthesia, your brief recovery time is likely in the dental chair.

As you heal from your surgery, follow your dentist’s instructions on:

Bleeding:

Some oozing of blood may occur the first day after wisdom tooth removal. Try to avoid excessive spitting so that you don’t dislodge the blood clot from the socket. Replace gauze over the extraction site as directed by your dentist or oral surgeon.

Pain Management:

You may be able to manage pain with an over-the-counter pain reliver, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), or a prescription pain medication from your dentist or oral surgeon. Prescription pain medication may be especially helpful if bone has been removed during the procedure. Holding a cold pack against your jaw also may relieve pain.

Swelling and Bruising:

Use an ice pack as directed by your dentist or surgeon. Any swelling of your cheeks usually improves in two or three days. Bruising may take several more days to resolve.

Activity:

After your surgery, plan to rest for the remainder of the day. Resume normal activities the next day, but for at least a week, avoid strenuous activity that might result in losing the blood clot from the socket.

Beverages:

Drink lots of water after the surgery. Don’t drink alcoholic, caffeinated, carbonated, or hot beverages in the first 24 hours. Don’t drink with a straw for at least a week because the sucking action can dislodge the blood clot from the socket.

Food:

Eat only soft foods, such as yogurt or apple sauce, for the first 24 hours. Start eating semisoft foods when you can tolerate them. Avoid hard, chewy, hot, or spicy foods that might get stuck in the socket or irritate the wound.

Cleaning your Mouth:

Don’t brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, spit, or use mouthwash during the first 24 hours after surgery. Typically you’ll be told to resume brushing your teeth after the first 24 hours. Be particularly gentle near the surgical wound when brushing and gently rinse your mouth with warm salt water every two hours and after meals for a week.

Tobacco Use:

If you smoke, don’t do so for at least 72 hours after surgery – and wait longer than that if possible. If you chew tobacco, don’t use it for at least a week. Using tobacco products after oral surgery can delay healing and increase the risk of complications.

Stitches:

You may have stitches that dissolve within a few weeks or no stitches at all. If your stitches need to be removed, schedule an appointment to have them taken out.

How often should you see a General Dentist?

It’s important to visit the general dentist at least every six mouths for a cleaning and examination. After all, regular dental check-ups are an essential part of disease prevention. Many oral health conditions do not cause pain until they have already become severe.

Consequently, waiting until you already have a toothache to visit your dentist is never good. If you do have a toothache or notice something unusual, contact your dentist right away.

Depending on your oral health, your dentist may recommend more frequent visits, such as every three mouths instead of twice a year. You should always follow the schedule of prevention treatment recommended by your dentist.

General Dentistry in Innovative Dental Care?

Innovative Dental Care provides a wide range of general dentistry services to patients located in Rajkot, Gujarat. For example, we offer preventative, restorative, and cosmetic dentistry as well as children’s and Geriatric dentistry.

Contact us today to make an appointment. Remember, visiting your dentist twice a year (every six mouths) is an essential part of caring for your oral health and your smile!

It was officially started in July 2013 and is a Brainchild of our Founder and Chief Dental Surgeon Dr. Chirag Bhalu (BDS, MDS, Mastership in Maxillofacial prosthetic Dentistry & Implantology) and Dr. Dimple Bhalu.