General Practice
General practice dentists (general practitioners) provide a wide variety of dental procedures including all or most of the following:
- Complete dental examinations and diagnosis of disease including x-rays
- Preventive dentistry (e.g. cleanings, oral hygiene instruction, fluoride treatments, fissure sealants)
- Restorative dentistry (e.g. fillings, crowns, veneers, bridges, dentures, implants)
- Endodontic treatment (e.g. root canal)
- Periodontal treatment (e.g. gum treatment)
- Surgical treatment (e.g. extracting teeth, oral surgery)
- Orthodontics (correcting the of alignment of teeth)
- Cosmetic treatments (including bleaching of teeth)
Occasionally a general practitioner will recommend that a patient be referred to a dental specialist. For example, if he or she determines that the treatment required is complex enough to require the additional expertise of a dentist who has taken extra training to specialize in a particular area of dentistry.
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