Oral Care & Dentistry

Prosthodontics is a dental specialty that focuses on restoring and replacing missing teeth and their supporting structures. Prosthodontists are highly skilled in designing and fitting dental prosthetics, such as dentures, dental implants, bridges, and crowns. They strive to improve patients' oral function, aesthetics, and overall quality of life. Prosthodontics involves comprehensive treatment planning, utilizing advanced materials and techniques to create customized and natural-looking dental restorations. Whether it's a single tooth or a full mouth rehabilitation, prosthodontics plays a vital role in restoring smiles and enhancing oral health.

Periodontics is a specialized branch of dentistry that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and conditions affecting the gums and supporting structures of the teeth. It involves the management of gum inflammation, gum recession, periodontal infections, and the placement of dental implants. Periodontists are experts in preserving oral health and preventing tooth loss by addressing issues related to gum disease. Regular visits to a periodontist can help maintain healthy gums and a strong foundation for long-lasting teeth.

Orthodontics is a specialized branch of dentistry that focuses on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of dental and facial irregularities. It involves the use of braces, aligners, and other orthodontic appliances to correct misaligned teeth and jaws. Orthodontic treatment aims to improve dental aesthetics, bite function, and overall oral health. It helps patients achieve a straighter, more aligned smile, while also addressing issues such as overcrowding, gaps, and bite misalignments. Regular orthodontic check-ups and adjustments are necessary to ensure the desired results are achieved.

Pedodontics, also known as pediatric dentistry, is a specialized branch of dentistry that focuses on the oral health care of children. Pedodontists provide comprehensive dental services to infants, children, and adolescents, including preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment of dental issues specific to young patients. They are trained to create a comfortable and friendly environment to alleviate dental anxiety and promote positive oral health habits. Pedodontics emphasizes early intervention, education, and regular dental visits to ensure children develop and maintain healthy smiles as they grow.

Esthetic dentistry focuses on improving the appearance of teeth and enhancing smiles. It involves various procedures such as teeth whitening, dental veneers, dental bonding, and gum contouring. These treatments address issues like tooth discoloration, misalignment, gaps, and worn or chipped teeth. Esthetic dentistry aims to create natural-looking, harmonious smiles that boost confidence and self-esteem. By combining artistry and science, esthetic dentists utilize modern techniques and materials to achieve beautiful, functional, and long-lasting results for their patients.

Oral Medicine & Radiology is a specialized field of dentistry that focuses on the diagnosis and management of oral and maxillofacial diseases. It involves the use of advanced imaging techniques such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRI scans to evaluate dental and facial conditions. Oral medicine specialists are trained to diagnose and treat oral diseases, oral manifestations of systemic diseases, and oral complications of cancer treatments. They play a crucial role in providing accurate diagnoses and developing effective treatment plans for patients with complex oral health issues.

Oral surgery is a specialized field of dentistry that focuses on surgical procedures involving the mouth, jaw, and facial structures. It includes procedures such as tooth extractions, dental implant placement, corrective jaw surgery, treatment of oral diseases, and removal of impacted wisdom teeth. Oral surgeons undergo extensive training to perform these procedures, ensuring the safety and comfort of patients. With advancements in technology and anesthesia techniques, oral surgery offers effective solutions for various dental and facial conditions, improving oral health and overall well-being.

Oral pathology is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of pathology that deals with the nature, identification, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions (Mouth and Jaw). The mouth is an important organ with many different functions. It is also prone to a variety of medical and dental disorders. A great many diseases involve the mouth, jaws and orofacial skin. If the tumor is deeper inside the mouth or throat, the biopsy may need to be performed in an operating room. General anesthesia is administered to eliminate any pain.

Dental Public Health is a non-clinical speciality of dentistry that deals with the prevention of oral disease and the promotion of oral health. Dental public health is involved in the assessment of key dental health needs and coming up with effective solutions to improve the dental health of populations rather than individuals. Public health dentistry is practised generally through government-sponsored programs, which are for the most part directed toward public-school children in the belief that their education in oral hygiene is the best way to reach the general public.

Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures. Some example tools that are used in dentistry are Dental handpieces, Dental laser, Dental torque wrench, Burns, Excavators, Burnishers, Pluggers etc...   Laser Dentistry is a new method of dental care involves using a powerful but safe laser. This means that there’s little to no pain and thus little need for anaesthesia. Dental X-ray Machines are being replaced by a new digital X-ray machine. Similar to how a digital camera improves upon a standard camera, digital X-rays are easier to process and download to a computer for comparisons with your past X-rays. Veneers are a dental procedure to help with the visual element of the teeth. A thin shell, specially made by the dentist for that patient, is made to cover the front of a crooked, damaged or otherwise unappealing tooth.

Water Fluoridation and the appropriate use of fluorides play a major part in public health Policy in the prevention and management of tooth decay. Water fluoridation is one of the most widely studied public health policy initiatives in the world, with approximately 350 million people in some 60 countries globally residing in areas served by optimally fluoridated water supplies. At the Sixtieth World Health on oral health: an action plan for promotion and integrated disease prevention, supported water fluoridation as a central strategy in oral health promotion. Water fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that helps protect teeth against tooth decay, resulting in fewer cavities.

Oral and maxillofacial surgery specializes in treating many diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral (mouth) and maxillofacial (jaws and face) region. It is widely recognized as one of the specialties of dentistry. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons cover a much broader scope of practice, utilizing advanced 3-D imaging and traditional surgical techniques, to treat cleft and craniofacial disorders, oral cancer, jaw reconstruction, snoring and sleep apnea, dental implants and facial cosmetic surgery.

Geriatric Dentistry is the delivery of dental care to older adults involving diagnosis, prevention, management and treatment of problems associated with age-related diseases. The most common oral conditions in geriatric patients are tooth loss, dental caries, periodontitis, dry mouth and oral cancer. Each can affect the quality of life. Geriatric dentistry is a crucial part of the health maintenance mechanism for the elderly and medically compromised individuals.

Cosmetic dentistry is generally used to refer to any dental work that improves the appearance of teeth, gums and/or bites. It primarily focuses on improvement in dental aesthetics in colour, position, shape, size, alignment and overall smile appearance. Cosmetic dentistry may involve the addition of a dental material to teeth or gums, the removal of tooth structure or gums, and straightening of teeth accompanied by improvement in the appearance of face – orthodontics. Cosmetic dentistry includes endodontics and also periodontics.

Restorative dentistry encompasses the dental specialities of endodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics and its foundation is based upon how these interact in cases requiring multifaceted care. It is the study, diagnosis and integrated management of diseases of the teeth and their supporting structures and the rehabilitation of the dentition to functional and aesthetic requirements of the individual. In addition, restorative needs not to derive from only diseases of the teeth like cavities and medical conditions but also from trauma. Traumatic injuries to anterior (front) teeth are frequently encountered in children and adults.

Digital dentistry refers to the use of dental technologies or devices that incorporates digital or computer-controlled components to carry out dental procedures rather than using mechanical or electrical tools. It can make carrying out dental procedures more efficient than using mechanical tools, both for restorative as diagnostic purposes.

Some of the technologies used in digital dentistry including

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  Computer-aided implant dentistry, Computer-aided crown manufacturing


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  Intra-oral Cameras


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  Digital radiography and 3D Printing

Pharmacology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of drug action, where a drug can be broadly defined as any man-made, natural, or endogenous molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism. Dental pharmacology is the study of drugs used to treat conditions of the oral cavity. Some of these drugs include antibiotics, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs and anti-periodontitis agents. Pharmacological research has extensively used the organ bath preparation, where tissue samples are connected to recording devices, such as a myograph, and physiological responses are recorded after drug application.