General Dentist

What is general dentistry?

General dentistry focuses on preventing, diagnosing and treating a variety of issues affecting you dental health from monitoring dental hygiene, regular checkups, treatment of cavities, infected, damaged or broken teeth, performing root canals, implants, dentures and many more. (For a detailed description about various dental procedures click on the “Common Procedure” page)

A general dentist is your primary resource when seeking dental care (preventive and restorative) as well as when needing referrals for specialized dental procedures such as seeing an oral surgeon or a cosmetic dentist or needing a laser dentistry procedure. Among Virginia dentists, general dentistry is one of the widest from of practiced dentistry.

Family dentistry

A family dentist offers general dentistry services for both adults and children. Whereas all general dentists need to diagnose and treat adult patients, a family dentist needs to be a very gentle dentist, also trained to diagnose and treat children in either preventive or restorative care. Visiting a family dentist regularly will be a great way to educate your children about the importance of maintaining a good dental health from an early age. There are various dental practices in Virginia that offer both general dentistry and family dentistry. If you live in the Springfield, Fairfax Burke area of Virginia you can check out this Northern Virginia dentist office in the area that offers both general and pediatric dentistry, being one of the dentists Fairfax Virginia, or Springfield dentists that offer both practices.

Preventive dental care

Your general dentist and/or your family dentists are your first and best resources in monitoring your oral health through regular checkups and preventive dental care procedures such as professional cleaning, screenings and any other procedure made to keep your smile healthy. Regardless of whatever insurance or dental discount plan you may have, preventive dental care is the most economically efficient way to keep dental care costs low by maintaining your oral health in perfect shape. Any general dentist will be able to perform preventive dental care procedures, but it is your responsibility to make sure how your insurance plan may cover these services.