Dentistry: What Is It?

Dentistry is considered a science of health. Thus, it is in charge of:

  • To diagnose
  • Apply treatment
  • To prevent
  • All those disease affections are present in the apparatus called Stomatognathic. 

Being that it is made up of:

  • Lips
  • Teeth
  • Tongue
  • Palate
  • The periodontium
  • The gums
  • Oral mucosa
  • The floor of the mouth
  • Salivary glands
  • Tonsils
  • Periodontal tissue
  • Oropharynx
  • Maxilla
  • Lower jaw
  • Temporomandibular joints
Dentistry: What Is It?

Basic Questions For Students Starting The Dentistry Career

1. Why Study Dentistry?

Studying dentistry is becoming more and more prestigious and rewarding. The number of students each year is increasing. But why choose this career?

 High salaries, professional gratification, low unemployment, and great growth potential: all these characteristics make the dental profession one of the best and most advantageous to undertake. It is important to bear in mind that, in recent years, the dental sector, like many other sectors, has undergone important transformations and the old figure of the dentist with an always-full schedule remains further and further away without worrying about attracting patients or competition…

What should drive you now is undoubtedly passion: The passion for patients, for clinical cases, for the material, for manual skill, precision, dental care, technology, and evolution.

Another aspect of great importance is personal satisfaction, because you will do a job in which you will help many people, and there is nothing better and more satisfying than feeling this emotion. Although, we also want to warn you that, as in all jobs where you deal directly with people, there will be times when working with patients is not easy. Courage, it’s worth it!

Human professionals will always be needed to evaluate cases and perform treatments, so another great advantage is that if you know how to keep up-to-date and rely on the most advanced technology of every moment, you will always have safe work in the future.

2. Is It Difficult To Study Dentistry?

This is a question almost all students ask themselves when they are in the career choice process.

Remember that you also have the support of your colleagues and friends who are going through the same thing as you. That always makes everything so much easier!

3. Is It An Expensive Career?

In general, it is not an expensive option. The first years, certainly not, the intermediate years start to be a little more, while the cost begins to increase in the later years when you start having patients, and then you have to adapt by buying the right equipment. However, the investment will certainly pay off fully and in a short time.

Take as an example the Complutense University of Madrid, which has an annual cost of € 1,560, that is, a total of € 7,840 for the course. This, regarding tuition.

Consider, however, that here we are talking about the public university, however, a private university will be worth much more money.

4. What Does A Dentistry Do?

The main tasks of the dentist refer to dental care: after a preliminary examination to learn the patient’s medical history and check the health status of the oral cavity. If appropriate, he will use X-rays during the diagnostic phase to detect disorders.

The most common operations performed by the dentist are stone cleaning, restorations such as dental caries treatment, reconstruction of chipped or broken teeth, extraction, treatment of root canals, and the placement of dental prostheses. If necessary for treatment, you can prescribe drugs and antibiotics.

Another very important function of the dentist is that of education: during consultation visits, you will inform the patient about good oral hygiene practices, the use of a toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss, the opportunity for a session with the dental hygienist, the maintenance of dental appliances and implants.

5. What Is The Typical Workplace?

In Spain, the dentist usually works as an independent or salaried professional in private dental clinics, franchise or chain dental clinics, private or public health centers, or hospitals.

The workplace of the dentist in the dental clinic is a clean and hygienic environment, the central element of which is the cabinet with the dental chair where the patient is received. Then there are all the necessary tools for the different dental treatments such as turbines, handpieces, lamps, or various materials for impressions, types of cement, sealants, bleaches, disinfectants, and anesthetics.

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