Public Health Dentistry
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.
Public Health Dentists in Sells, AZ
Pediatric Dentistry
Sells Indian Hospital Dental is a Pediatric Dentistry practice in Sells, AZ
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, diagnosing, and treating tooth, gum, and jaw disorders and injuries in children.
Pediatric Dentists at Sells Indian Hospital Dental perform
oral health exams, preventative dental health education, wisdom teeth extraction, orthodontics, implant and crown placement, cavity repair, gum disease treatment, and dental injury care. Pediatric Dentistry is
a dental specialty centered on promoting the oral health of young patients from infancy through their teen years. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Pediatric Dentistry practices include dental cavities, wisdom tooth impaction, bruxism (tooth grinding), improper bite and jaw alignment, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, gum disease, oral cancer, and injuries to the teeth, mouth, and gums.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Dentistry
practices include diagnostic imaging, oral hygiene education, cavity repair, orthodontics, placing tooth implants, crowns, and orthodontics, diagnosing and treating tooth grinding, addressing gum disease, extracting impacted wisdom teeth, and treating tooth, tongue, and gum injury or infection.
An age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.
Pediatric Dentists in Sells, AZ
Dental Hygiene
An individual who has completed an accredited dental hygiene education program, and an individual who has been licensed by a state board of dental examiners to provide preventive care services under the supervision of a dentist. Functions that may be legally delegated to the dental hygienist vary based on the needs of the dentist, the educational preparation of the dental hygienist and state dental practice acts and regulations, but always include, at a minimum, scaling and polishing the teeth. To avoid misleading the public, no occupational title other than dental hygienist should be used to describe this dental auxiliary.
Dental Hygienists in Sells, AZ
General Dentistry (Dental Assistant)
An individual who may or may not have completed an accredited dental assisting education program and who aids the dentist in providing patient care services and performs other nonclinical duties in the dental office or other patient care facility. The scope of the patient care functions that may be legally delegated to the dental assistant varies based on the needs of the dentist the educational preparation of the dental assistant and state dental practice acts and regulations. Patient care services are provided under the supervision of a dentist. To avoid misleading the public, no occupational title other than dental assistant should be used to describe this dental auxiliary.
Dental Assistants in Sells, AZ
