Prostodontists have completed a postgraduate training and are like cardiologists vs. general practitioners MD. Cosmetic dentists are like general practitioners MD who specialized in a new field, that was not available, for most part, to the prosthodontists at the time of their training. So, both General Practitioners Dentists and Prostodontists had to learn new procedures and concepts that are now called "Cosmetic Dentistry". Though, there is no such specialty yet.
This is my take on it, but some (prosthodontists) will vehemently disagree, because they believe their superior training in prosthetics will place them in a better position to perform cosmetic procedures.
Some GP that went through special training to acquire knowledge in cosmetic procedures will disagree as well.
To me, all dentistry should be cosmetic dentistry! Who would want an ugly (non-cosmetic) filling, crown, veneer, or implant restoration?
Michael
2 comments:
That is a very helpful explanation. There are a lot of dentists running ads in the newspaper promising all kinds of things and I think it makes it confusing for the patients as to what type of dentist does what. Thanks for clarifying it with the explanation.
Thanks for your feed-back. Dentistry has become much like any selling profession, in many ways. Every dentist brags about being the best, the nicest, the most... whatever!
When somebody asks me what kind of dentist am I, my answer is mostly: a passionate one. I just love dentistry.
So, thanks again.
mr
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