General Dentistry in Santa Rosa

What is General Dentistry?

Dentists who do not have a specialization after their title are “General Dentists.” Many people who study dentistry choose to concentrate on one area—such as orthodontics, endodontics, or surgery, for example. These dentists limit their dental practices to that one particular specialty.
However, there are a great number of dentists who choose not to have an area of specialty.

These are the “General Dentists.” The area of general dentistry is much broader, obviously, than any other dental subspecialty. Dentists who opt for a practice in general dentistry are able to treat patients who need dental assistance with any issue. A “General Dentist” is licensed to practice in all areas of dentistry.

Some people also call this type of dentistry “Family” Dentistry because, quite often, these dentists end up treating all members of a family. They can treat anyone from young children to teenagers to adults.

Dentists who open or join general dentistry practices are trained well. They have studied just as much as other dentists in order to obtain their licenses. It should be stated, however, that dentists who specialize in a certain area usually complete extra years of training before becoming skilled enough to have a specialty.

General dentistry is very all encompassing; therefore, when patients visit a ‘General Dentist,’ they are visiting a well-trained individual with far-reaching skills. These dentists have a great deal of knowledge—their knowledge, though, is very much spread out. They know a little about a lot of things, so to speak. Because of this, people in the general dentistry field are able to give broad opinions that encompass several aspects of dentistry—which is a very good thing.

General Dentists usually do not complete this extra specialty training; therefore, they will not have as much skill and technique as specialized dentists with highly difficult cases areas. However, some dentists, as Dr. Albers, have completed a General Practice Residency that rotates the dentist through all of the specialties so they can perform all but the most difficult specialty services.

When a particular case is more difficult than the general dentist wants to attempt he will see that immediately and refer the patient to a specialist.

Some general practice groups, as Harry Albers DDS and Associates, have specialists in house so the patient does not have to leave the office and the needed treatment by a specialist can be easily coordinated with the patients other treatment.