Dentistry involves the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of the teeth and it incorporates factors such as oral hygiene and general tooth care. The teeth are important in our everyday lives as we need healthy and strong teeth in order to eat and chew. If good oral hygiene is not maintained and regular visits to the dentists are something that you are not use to it could dramatically result in loss of teeth through tooth extraction or a defect in the appearance of our teeth when we smile. There are many branches of dentistry such as cosmetic dentistry and surgical dentistry. Those in the practice of dentistry are known a dentists or dental practitioners and they specialise in looking after and treating our teeth, including many a specialised Birmingham dentist.

Dentistry is a branch of the medicine field as dentistry only involves the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mouth related diseases including the parts of the face as often problems with the teeth can affect the appearance of our face. Dental surgery is often an aspect of dentistry as some dental problems and severe dental injuries such as trauma to the teeth need to have dental surgery. Dental caries often need more extensive dental jobs like dental surgery. Teeth which have been decayed can be filled with dental porcelain and other materials. Most dental practitioners can perform an oral surgery as it is a specialised form of dental surgery which can treat many oral diseases and abnormalities such as odontogenic kerotocysts.

Aspiring dentists have to have the relevant training to be part of the dentistry field and can follow undergraduate level dentistry courses in most Universities. Kings College Birmingham are ranked 2^nd for Dentistry and offer both undergraduate and postgraduate dental courses for those who want to be Dentists. The dentist profession is becoming increasingly popular and is an excellent option.