Dentistry
Family Dental Service, PC is a Dentistry practice in Allentown, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosis and treatment of problems with patients' teeth, gums, lips, and jaw.
Dentists at Family Dental Service, PC perform
dental procedures focused on prevention of oral diseases such as tooth decay and periodontal disease. Dentistry is
a branch of medicine concerned with study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases affecting the oral cavity. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Dentistry practices include tooth cavities, gum disease, bad breath, tooth sensitivity, mouth sores, tooth erosion, and dental emergencies.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dentistry
practices include dental examinations, filling cavities, removing tooth decay, repairing cracked teeth, performing root canals, and removing teeth.
A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.
Dentists in Allentown, PA
Endodontics
Family Dental Service, PC is an Endodontics practice in Allentown, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions of the dental pulp (the soft tissue inside teeth).
Endodontists at Family Dental Service, PC perform
maintenance and treatment of dental pulp diseases or injuries. Endodontics is
a dental specialty that maintains dental pulp health. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Endodontics practices include cavities, tooth cracks, dental abscesses, dental pulp stones, exposed dental pulp, and pulp necrosis.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Endodontics
practices include consultations, root canals, dental implants, and endodontic surgery.
The branch of dentistry that is concerned with the morphology, physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues. Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including biology of the normal pulp, the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.
Endodontists in Allentown, PA
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons in Allentown, PA
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Family Dental Service, PC is an Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics practice in Allentown, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in the diagnosis, prevention, interception, and correction of malocclusion and other abnormalities of the developing or mature orofacial structures.
Orthodontist and Dentofacial Orthopedists at Family Dental Service, PC perform
provides procedures to fix conditions such as dental overbites, underbites, and crowded or misaligned teeth by slowly applying pressure on specific teeth to coax them into place without surgery. Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is
a specialty within the dental profession that detects tooth positioning issues and corrects them. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics practices include malocclusions, underbites, overbites, oral cavity anomalies.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
practices include designing and fabricating appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.
That area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; the design, application and control of functional and corrective appliances; and the guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures.
Orthodontist And Dentofacial Orthopedists in Allentown, PA
