Dentist who don’t have any other specializations in front of their title are called general dentist. After the general dental studies, some of them concentrate on a specific field and study further. They are specialists. Most of the dentists seen now a day are not without a speciality. They are licensed to practice in all areas of dentistry. General dentists are also similar to family dentists because they treat all members of a family and also treat children also. General Dentist Delray Beach has the disadvantage that they don’t possess the skill and technique which specialist’s dentist possess.
General dentists Delray Beach always take the help of the specialists, whenever they need assistance. In case if the treatments are out of their control, then they refer to the specialists who deal in this. Most often people choose general dentists as their family dentist. General dentistry covers a wide range of procedures. Apart from the procedures they use variety of methods such as tests, x-rays to determine the problem of teeth before starting a procedure. Teeth fillings are the most common work done by a general dentist. Filling of the teeth are done with materials like gold, porcelain and composite resin. Root canal treatment is another type of treatment which is done by a general dentist. This is done for patients for whom the tissue of the tooth is infected. Dentures are other treatment which is undertaken by the general dentist. These are basically set of false teeth. They are artificial teeth which look like an original one.
