Stomatologist

The stomatologist – the specialist who is engaged in treatment of diseases and injuries of teeth, a jaw and bodies of an oral cavity.

Types of a profession stomatologist

Profession the stomatologist – a concept quite wide, combining in itself several directions. So, for example, there is a stomatologist-therapist, the stomatologist-orthopedist, the stomatologist-surgeon, the orthodontist, the stomatologist-parodontolog, and also the children's stomatologist.

The stomatologist-therapist is engaged in treatment of root canals and caries, and also by means of sealing materials carries out art restoration of teeth. Each dentist will tell that the easiest to save tooth at an initial stage of destruction. However today modern materials and tools allow to cope successfully even with the most remediless in appearance cases. In this situation a lot of things depend on experience and skill of the doctor.

Stomatolog-parodontolog is engaged in treatment of an inflammation of gums, that is soft tissues and a mucous membrane which support and surround tooth. Gums and teeth are a uniform system. Without healthy gums there cannot be healthy teeth and vice versa. Thus, пародонтолог is engaged in treatment of an ulitis (an inflammation of gums), stomatitis (an inflammation of mucous), a periodontal disease (an ulitis complication) and other diseases.

The most unpleasant disease, according to the dentist, is periodontosis which arises at infection of space between a gum and tooth. At the same time there are following symptoms – an unpleasant smell from a mouth, gum pain. If this disease not to treat, then over time it will lead to the fact that teeth will cease to keep in the nests, will begin to be unsteady and drop out. At treatment of periodontosis the main task of the dentist is the stop of inflammatory process and return of health to teeth and gingivas. For this purpose drugs are often used, but sometimes it is necessary to resort also to surgical methods of treatment.

The stomatologist-surgeon performs treatment of those teeth which by conservative methods cannot be cured. The surgeon is engaged in an exodontia, cleaning out of a cavity between gums and teeth (curettage) at periodontosis, replanting of a bone tissue (by preparation for prosthetics), removal of cysts, etc.

The orthopedist – the specialist who is engaged in denture treatment. In abbreviated form he is also called the doctor-prosthetist.

Prosthetists, as a rule, are engaged in those patients who already visited consultation at the stomatologist-therapist, however the doctor did not find it possible to recover tooth the means. The prosthetist, in turn, offers the patient options of prosthetics and removes molds of teeth on the basis of which the dental technician makes prostheses. After that the prosthetist carries out their fitting, adjustment and fixes in the patient's mouth.

Today the dentist can be engaged in denture treatment in various options – crowns, tabs, bridges and implants. Removable prostheses are also applied, but eventually resort to their use more and more seldom.

The orthodontist specializes in correction of a bite. Malocclusion – quite widespread problem which has not only esthetic character. Malocclusion often disturbs the correct pronunciation of the speech and, sometimes, becomes a cause of illness of gums and teeth. On consultation the orthodontist chooses for the patient special briquettes or a kappa.

The children's stomatologist is engaged in dental care at patients aged from 0 up to 17 years. Teeth and jaws at the child are in this age period at a formation stage therefore in a task of the children's stomatologist enters to consider all features of age development. The doctor not only treats caries of teeth, but also monitors formation of a bite and teeth.

However, preferential, highly skilled stomatologists are beyond the narrow specialties. So, for example, the stomatologist-therapist can successfully combine the profession with duties of a parodontolog, that is be engaged also in treatment of gums.

Where the dentist accepts?

Today the profession the stomatologist is one of the most demanded and, respectively, highly paid. Behind consultation to the stomatologist patients can address both in state, and to private dental clinics.

Stomatologists of the general profile in private dental clinics are especially demanded. Such dentist can easily inspect the patient, independently make the diagnosis, make successful treatment planning and carry out it.

What qualities the stomatologist has to have?

The profession of the stomatologist assumes accuracy and responsibility, tendency to handwork, well developed small motility, and also goodwill and ability to find a common language with patients.

What skills the stomatologist has to have?

The dentist has to be ready that he should improve the skills constantly.

He thoroughly has to know physiology and anthropotomy, in particular a structure of teeth, oral cavities, jaws. Besides, he has to be able to understand drugs and materials, to be able to use dental tools and the equipment, to be able to read roentgenograms and to own diagnostic methods and treatments.