[이데일리 이순용 기자]Walking around the neighborhood, you can find many dentists. At first glance, they can all be thought of as the same dentistry, but there are various departments of dentistry. Dentists are contributing to the promotion of national oral health by conducting a wide range of treatments such as diagnosis, prevention, and treatment related to diseases of teeth, oral cavity, and entire face by each department. Together with Professor Miseon Kim of Pediatric Dentistry at Gangdong Kyunghee University Hospital, we will find out which department to find for each painful area.
◇If childbirth hurts = Pediatric dentistry
Pediatric dentistry comprehensively manages the overall health of the jaw, facial and oral tissues, including teeth, from birth to adolescence. Observe the normal detachment and eruption of the deciduous and permanent teeth, and conduct continuous regular inspection and evaluation to ensure that the teeth and jaw bone grow appropriately in time. Before tooth decay occurs, tooth decay is prevented by applying a toothbrush, sealant, or fluoride. If tooth decay occurs, amalgam, resin, etc. should be used for restoration or nerve treatment, and then covered with an existing gold tube. In addition, through orthodontic treatment at an appropriate time, it holds the malocclusion of the teeth or jawbone. Surgical procedures such as treatment of excess teeth and myxoma are also performed.
◇If teeth are cold and tooth decay is visible = Dental Preservation Department
If your teeth are sore, hurt, cracked, cracked, etc., you should seek dental conservation. It is thought that a lot of people visit dentistry because of tooth decay, but according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, there were about 6.45 million patients who visited the hospital for tooth decay in 2019. The Department of Conservation treats damaged teeth so that they can be used without extraction. Restorative treatment is performed to restore and use tooth defects that have occurred for various reasons. If bacteria are spread to nerves due to severe caries, they are covered with dental material after nerve treatment. In the event of failure or recurrence of general neurological treatment, treatments such as micro apical surgery and tooth replantation can be considered. It is also in charge of esthetic treatments such as interdental resection (opening teeth), replacement of old restoration materials, and tooth whitening treatment.
◇If your wisdom tooth hurts, your face is swollen, and you can’t open your mouth = Oral surgery (oral and maxillofacial surgery)
If you go to a local dentist and need to find a large hospital, you usually have to go to the oral surgery clinic. Oral surgery provides surgical diagnosis and treatment for various diseases, trauma and reconstruction, and congenital or acquired anomalies related to the mouth (oral), jaw (maxilla), and face (facial) areas. Specifically, from dental surgery such as simple extraction, surgical extraction of impacted and excess teeth, wisdom tooth extraction, pre-prosthetic surgery, implant placement, and infectious disease treatment, jaw correction surgery (two jaw surgery), cleft lip and palate surgery, and accidents. Various diseases of the oral, maxillary, and facial areas are comprehensively covered, ranging from trauma to the maxillofacial area to treatment of benign tumors and cancers in the mouth, face and neck.
◇If you need artificial teeth such as implants and dentures =
The Department of Prosthodontics aims to restore the function of the oral cavity, jaw joint and face and improve aesthetics by replacing teeth with artificial materials such as implants and dentures that many people know. Depending on the number of remaining teeth, complete dentures, partial dentures with a hook on the remaining teeth, or if it is difficult to wear dentures, the tooth that has been lost due to implant magnet dentures, etc. is repaired. There are also methods of restoration such as crowns, bridges, and implant crowns for damage or loss of a single tooth or a localized tooth. In addition, there are special treatment fields such as esthetic treatment such as laminate and sports dentistry through the manufacture of mouth guards. In addition to tooth defects due to tooth decay or gum disease, prosthetic treatment includes rehabilitation treatment that restores the original function in case of loss of teeth and surrounding tissues due to a car accident or disease.
◇If there is a noise in the jaw joint, teeth, or a hard biting pain = Oral Medicine
Oral medicine can be thought of as a treatment primarily involving opening and closing the mouth. Treatment of patients with jaw joint disorders and teething related to symptoms such as paroxysmal disorder, pain at aperture, joint noise, and mastication disorder. In particular, various pains occurring in the mouth and face that can be confused with toothache are differentially diagnosed, and treatment and drug therapy are performed. In addition, diagnosis and examination of soft tissue diseases such as herpes, ulcers, and infections appearing on the oral mucosa, snoring, dental sleep disorders, dry mouth, and bad breath are conducted.
◇If the gums are bleeding and teeth are sore = periodontal
The periodontal department is the most visited department among dental departments. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, about 16.8 million patients visited the dentist for periodontal disease and gingivitis in 2019, and it is so common that three out of four adults suffer from periodontal disease. The periodontal clinic proceeds with treatment according to the degree of periodontal disease, and the treatment method is determined from scaling to gum surgery, periodontal tissue regeneration, plastic surgery and implant placement. Even after surgery, regular examination and management are required every 3-6 months. There are also aesthetic treatments. When the gums are lowered and the teeth are excessively exposed, there are a root cover surgery, a crown extension that removes some of the gums that are excessively covering the teeth, and a gingival pigmentation removal surgery that removes the pigmentation of the gums. In addition, various intraoral surgical operations such as clinical crown augmentation, labial vestibular augmentation, and pelvic pelvic resection are also part of periodontal care.
◇ Teeth is crooked and does not fit = Orthodontics Department
The Department of Orthodontics provides treatment to resolve malocclusions that do not fit well. Malocclusion adversely affects not only cosmetic problems, but also oral functions such as pronunciation and chewing function, and may affect the occurrence and progression of gum disease or tooth decay by making oral hygiene management difficult. To relieve malocclusion, correction from children to adulthood and old age, correction of ambush teeth, correction of double jaw surgery, jaw joint correction, snoring/sleep apnea correction, labial cleft/jaw facial deformity correction, esthetic clear correction, lingual correction, implant part It provides various treatment methods such as correction. Incorrect oral habits, problems with tooth arrangement and eruption, problems with jaw growth, cases to secure a space for restoring a tooth loss area, etc. fall under each of the above.
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