Dental Specialties Overview

Dentistry is the field of healthcare focused to managing inside and around the mouth, including the jaws and teeth

There are different kinds of dental practitioners within dentistry. The most common is a general dentist who is like a GP doctor for your mouth.

Dental specialists are dentists who have done further study in one discipline within dentistry, and only perform oral health services related to that specialty, like a cardiologist or heart doctor does in medicine.

Oral health practitioners and dental prosthetists are similar to nurse practitioners in medicine, able to do some procedures that dentists or dental specialists do, but not all, and not to the same level of complexity in most situations.

All dental practitioners have a valuable part to play in your oral healthcare.

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General Dentists

aka family dentists

These dentists are your regular or general practitioner dentists. They’re your first port of call for all your dental needs. They may have niche or hobby areas of practice such as cosmetic or laser dentistry but are experienced across a wide range of areas within dentistry. They may refer you to dental specialists if needed, just like a GP doctor does to medical specialists.

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Periodontists

aka gum and implant doctors

These are the dental specialists to speak with when you’re getting long in the tooth, experiencing loose teeth or require complicated implant placement.

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Endodontists

aka root canal doctors

These dental specialists give teeth a second chance at life. Replacing tooth tissue that has died or got infected with solid sealing materials. It’s fine, fiddly work and patience is key to chase down canals in teeth roots that can often only be found with the help of a microscope or advanced imaging such as CBCT scans.

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Orthodontists

AKA teeth alignment doctors

These dental specialists are the ones to talk to about straightening teeth, improving your bite and helping kids faces grow in optimal ways to support good health in adult life. They’re the doctors who use braces, clear aligners and removable plates most of all.

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Prosthodontists

aka crown and bridge doctors

These are the dental specialists who can give you a complete smile makeover or rebuild what has been broken and lost from your mouth. These architects of the mouth like to talk about materials such as zirconia and gold, and ponder about biting forces on bridge spans and ceramic margins.

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Paediatric Dentists

aka kids dental doctors

These dental specialists are excellent with all children’s dental issues. They’ll give you and your child peace of mind and confidence to go to your regular dentist again in the near future.

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Special Needs Dentists

AKA super care dental doctors

These dental specialists are experts at looking after the dental needs of those with disabilities of any kind and/or complex medical conditions that make going to a regular dentist near impossible. They’re super caring and have lots of special gadgets to help make the dental experience as comfortable as possible.

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Oral Medicine & Pathology Doctors

aka mouth tissue doctors

These dental specialists know all about the weird things that can grow in our mouths - lumps, bumps, swellings, and strange colour changes. They manage the long term implications of conditions like cancer, autoimmune and infectious conditions that can affect the lips, cheeks, tongue, gums, roof of mouth and more.

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Oral & Maxfax Surgeons

aka jaw cutting doctors

These dental specialists can be qualified as specialist dentists or have dual qualifications in both dentistry and medicine. They have the knowledge and skills to surgical remove, improve and rebuild aspects of your jaws and face. From complex wisdom teeth removals, to jaw repositioning for a range of reasons, to dealing with accidents and trauma, your situation needs to be taken seriously if you require a consult with these fine folk.

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Oral Maxfax Radiologists

aka face x-ray doctors

These dental specialists don’t ever see patients, only the radiographs. Like ‘Where’s Wally’ puzzle experts, oral-maxillofacial radiologists can detect anomalies and disease between the shades of x-ray grey.

This specialty is available for dental practitioner referrals only.

For dental radiographic and CBCT reporting click on the link below to Teledent

Sleep Medicine Dentists

AKA snoring & Jaw pain doctors

These dentists have undertaken extensive further study in an emerging discipline of dentistry closely associated with the work of ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) medical doctors and sleep physicians. These dentists are excellent at managing the dental elements of sleep disorders and facial pain that commonly present along with sleep and breathing problems in both adults and kids.

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Orofacial Myology

AKA face yoga teachers

These practitioners have undertaken extra training to become qualified to teach face and mouth muscle exercises to help with conditions like stroke, snoring, mouth breathing, tongue thrust, anti-ageing and more. Services are available for both kids and adults.

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Oral Health Practitioners

aka mouth care coaches

Dental Prosthesists

aka denture or false teeth makers