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What Does It Take To Become A Dentist?
By Dave Kettner

Dentists are the practitioners of dentistry. Most dentists must go to school for at least four to eight years before being a certified dentist. They must also have several years of field work on other people to pass their final exam. This is like an internship called residency.

In the year two thousand and one some archaeologists were studying the remains of two men from Mehrgarh, Pakistan. They discovered that the culture of the Indus Valley Civilization,

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three thousand three hundred BC, had knowledge of medicine and dentistry. The physical anthropologist that carried out the examination was Professor Andrea Cucina who discovered this when he was cleaning one of the men’s teeth. Evidence showed later that the teeth were drilled dating back over nine thousand years.

Dental practitioners in include most examinations, diagnosis, treatment, planning and prevention of disease. The dentist and their helpers use x-ray machines and other equipment to ensure an exact diagnosis and treatment planning. Some of the treatments that may be used are filling cavities, removing the nerve endings in teeth, treating any disease in the gun area of the mouth, removing rotten or unrepairable teeth and replacing lost teeth with dentures.

In the days of old, going to a dentist, or a dentist coming to you, was often painful and sometimes fatal. Today we make use of anesthesia to numb any pain and make an easier exam and treatment for the patient. Cavities in the teeth can be filled with gold, silver, cements, amalgam and with fused porcelain inlays. Dentists treat diseases of the mouth and gums and often use preventative dentistry. Preventative is when you go see your dentist often enough to be able to detect early stages of teeth and gum disease and heal the problem before it becomes unhealable.

Dentists will demonstrate the proper use of tools such as the toothbrush and floss. They can also let the patient know what foods are healthy for the teeth and mouth in general. Fluoride, which is a poison in a large amount, is used to treat decay and is commonly used in toothpaste. For those that brush more than twice a day it is recommended that you not use a toothpaste brand that has fluoride since you can become very ill from the affects of this poison.




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