Tooth preservation
The Conservative Dentistry (also: conservative dentistry , conservative dentistry ) is a field name in the art dentistry and thus the generic term for all measures that the prevention , diagnosis and treatment of plaque-related diseases and caries-related include and not caries-related damage of the teeth as well as research in this area . Exceptions are surgical measures that are subsumed under the term oral surgery , such as root tip resection .
Sub-areas
The following sub-areas fall under tooth preservation:
Prevention
Dental prophylaxis (synonym: dental prevention) deals with preventive measures that are intended to prevent the development or exacerbation of diseases of the teeth and the tooth supporting apparatus. First and foremost, there is the preventive medical check-up for the early detection of pathological conditions.
Caries therapy
The aim of filling therapy is to repair carious lesions or other types of defects on individual teeth. It is also called conservative or restorative therapy.
Periodontics
Periodontitis is an inflammation caused by bacteria, which manifests itself in a largely irreversible destruction of the tooth holding apparatus (periodontium).
Endodontics
Endodontics focuses on diseases of the pulp-dentin complex and the periapical tissue. Pulpitids are acute or chronic inflammations of the pulp (tooth pulp : blood and lymph vessels, nerves and connective tissue) or of the periodontium (tooth support apparatus). The most common treatment in endodontics is root canal treatment.
Dental crowns
Individual crowns , including partial crowns , are also tooth-preserving measures and not a denture , because they do not replace teeth, but only defective tooth substance if it can no longer be reconstructed with fillings . In Germany, however, they are treated like dentures in terms of fees.
Professional societies
- The German Society for Tooth Preservation (DGZ) as the highest professional society is linked to three professional societies that represent all areas of tooth preservation independently. She is a member of the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (DGZMK), the scientific umbrella organization for German dentistry.
- The German Society for Preventive Dentistry (DGPZM) deals with the promotion and improvement of oral health, the prevention of oral diseases and the strengthening of resources to maintain health.
- The German Society for Restorative and Regenerative Tooth Preservation (DGR²Z) focuses on the promotion of minimally invasive restorative techniques and regenerative procedures.
- The German Society for Endodontology and Dental Traumatology (DGET) aims to promote tooth preservation based on endodontics.
- The Swiss Society for Preventive, Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry (SSPRE, formerly SVPR) is a specialist society of the Swiss Dental Association (SSO) and a founding member of the Swiss Expert Council for Dentistry and the European Federation of Conservative Dentistry (EFCD).
- Austrian Society for Endodontics (ÖGEndo), member of the Austrian Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (ÖGZMK),
- Austrian Society for Periodontology (ÖGP), member of the ÖGZMK
- The European Organization for Caries Research (ORCA) is the European umbrella company for caries research that emerged from the European Working Group for Fluorine Research and Caries Prevention .
literature
- Elmar Hellwig, Joachim Klimek , Thomas Attin: Introduction to tooth preservation. Examination knowledge of cariology, endodontology and periodontology. 6th revised edition. Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-7691-3448-3 .
