Dentistry in Singapore

Dentistry and Craniofacial Research will publish original scientific research papers including short communications. It is also interested in publishing review articles and leaders in themed areas which will be linked to new scientific research.

Disease, periodontology, endodontology, operative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics, dental biomaterials science, long-term clinical trials including epidemiology and oral health, technology transfer of new scientific instrumentation or procedures, as well as clinically relevant oral biology and translational research.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Oral and maxillofacial specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries, and defects related to neck, head, jaws, and tissues of the mouth and jaw and facial regions. It requires expertise from both medical and dental background. There are numerous problems that affect the oral mucosa such as mouth ulcers and infections are kept into consideration.

A maxillofacial surgeon should have training in dentistry, surgery, and general medicine. Oral and maxillofacial specialists work with patients of any age from infants to elderly individuals. They treat infants who are born with different problems of their skull or face. In adults, their work involves surgery due to an injury or accident, and in older people for treating oral cancer and tumors of the face and head.

Oral Cancer Oral Cancer can be easily treated if diagnosed in an early stage or it can be said that treatment of cancer depends on the stage it is diagnosed in. There are three useful methods which have proved themselves helpful in treating mouth cancer. These include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.

During chemotherapy treatment is done using the intravenous injections containing the anticancer drugs. It is possible that the victim may experience some side effects of chemotherapy. These side

effects can include hair loss, quick weight loss, mouth sores, nausea, vomiting, etc. In radiation therapy, beta rays are used for killing the deadly mouth cancer cells. This surgery is usually done when the tumor is small and gentle. Some physicians suggest all these three ways for the treatment of mouth cancer. Gum surgery Singapore Pediatric Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry is the branch of dentistry that deals with the oral health of the infants through adolescence. A wide range of treatment is provided to the patients which include primary or baby teeth to secondary teeth develop, and different problems related to gums and mouth. The treatments include infant oral health exam, repair of tooth decay and cavity, treatment for dental injury.

Dentofacial orthopedics Dentofacial orthopedics is one of the specialist areas of dentistry that involves the prevention, diagnosis, and correction of the malocclusion, neuromuscular, and skeletal abnormalities. The objective of dentofacial orthopedics is to guide facial advancement and development so that the lining of the teeth is normal which, mostly occurs during childhood. Children are the best candidates for receiving the therapy as the jawbones of the younger patients are still growing which makes the specialist control the movement of the tooth and bone growth, whereas in adults the treatment may involve surgery because their bones don't grow therefore it is difficult for the specialist to control the movement of the tooth and bone growth.

Orthodontics Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that deals in the correction of irregular teeth with the help of the braces, development, and shape of the jaw and facial growth. Screwy teeth and teeth that don't fit together accurately are difficult to clean, these teeth are at a high danger of being lost right on time because of tooth rot and periodontal disease, which causes additional weight on the chewing muscles that can prompt cerebral pains, neck and back pain. The benefits of this

treatment include the closing of the gaps between the teeth, straightening of the teeth, good appearance.