It seems prevalent these days that most
dentists are calling themselves cosmetic dentists, but there is no cosmetic specialty in
dentistry. In fact, all
dentistry is or should be cosmetic. I
don’t know anyone who took the ‘ugly’ teeth class in dental school, because it wasn’t
offered in the curriculum. Regardless, the
fact remains that the vast majority of dentist are general dentist, nothing
more, nothing less. They just decide to
call themselves ‘cosmetic dentists’. They
all have undergraduate degrees and at least four years of dental school with
either a DDS or a DMD as the result. But
not one of them has a ‘cosmetic specialty’ in dentistry. Those dentists who choose to make the claim do
so by virtue of deciding to focus on cosmetics in their general practices. The
American Dental Association (ADA) only has nine recognized post dental degree dental
specialties and cosmetic dentistry is not one of them. These specialties range in one to six years
of advance training beyond dental school. At the end of their post doctorate degree,
these dentists receive additional certifications in their respective specialties,
thus becoming experts within their field of dentistry. These ADA specialties are:
Dental Public Heath, Oral and Maxillofacial
Pathology, Radiology and Surgery, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Pediatric
Dentistry, Periodontics, and the least
known, Prosthodontics.
Prosthodontics:
(crown, bridge, and implants) According
the Forbes Magazine, a prosthodontist is the rarest specialty in the field of
dentistry. A prosthodontist
has a specialty license pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning,
rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and
health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or
deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible
substitutes. Most dentists they take
short continuing education courses and utilize trial and error experience to be
able to understand how size, shape, color and symmetry all work together to
create what a prosthodontists is trained in their post graduate work. On the
other hand, the prosthodontist is trained at a university to create the smile
that implements the use of veneers, crowns, bridges and the
increasingly common procedure of dental implants
to ensure that the right smile is achieved, both functionally and aesthetically
beautiful. If anyone has the right to
claim a specialty in cosmetic dentistry, it would be the prosthodontist. So when you are seriously looking for a
cosmetic dentist, look for a prosthodontist.
Novy Scheinfeld, DDS,
PC
Emory Trained
Prosthodontist
290 Carpenter Drive, 200A
Atlanta (Sandy Springs), GA 30328
404-256-3620
www.rightsmilecenter.com
290 Carpenter Drive, 200A
Atlanta (Sandy Springs), GA 30328
404-256-3620
www.rightsmilecenter.com
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