But what is general dentistry? Let\u2019s take a look at some of the treatments now:<\/p>\n Emergency appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n Emergency dental care is perhaps the main thing. You will need emergency dental care if you develop an awful toothache that won\u2019t go away, or if you have an accident that damages your teeth or knocks them out. We will try to see you on the day you call. In the case of knocked out teeth, if you bring them along, we will try to put them back. In every case, our first priority will be to get rid of any pain, then to clean up the area so we can take a look at what\u2019s going on. If we can, we will treat you on the spot. If not, or if there is more to do, we will agree a treatment plan with you.<\/p>\n Root canal therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have a tooth that is infected or diseased, we may be able to save it by removing the infected or diseased pulp from the tooth. This stops the infection spreading into your jawbone or into other teeth. It also means you can continue to use that tooth, and it\u2019s always better to save a tooth than to replace it.<\/p>\n General dentistry also covers dealing with snoring and jaw joint disorders, as well as special care for pregnant women, extractions and oral surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dentistry seems to have a strong focus on lovely smiles created with great cosmetic dental treatments, but don\u2019t forget that your lovely smile isn\u2019t going to last if you have gum disease or tooth decay. That\u2019s why here at The Old Windsor Dental Practice in Berkshire, we place as much emphasis on preventive and general … Continue reading Back to basics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"General](\"https:\/\/www.oldwindsordental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/general-dentistry.png\")
These are the treatments that have been around since forever. Maybe you won\u2019t ever need them, but if you do, you can rest assured that here at The Old Windsor Dental Practice<\/strong>, they will be of the same excellent quality as the rest of our treatments.<\/p>\n