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Are there cosmetic dentists?
While cosmetic dental procedures are incredibly popular and some dentists may choose to focus on cosmetic procedures, there is no such thing as a "cosmetic dentist".
What cosmetic procedures can my dentist perform?
If your dentist has chosen to offer cosmetic procedures at their clinic, you may be curious about which procedures might benefit your smile. Teeth whitening, dental veneers, crowns, dental bonding, and inlays or Onlays are all common cosmetic procedures offered at dental clinics.
Your dentist may be able to perform these procedures, but that does not make specifically make them a "cosmetic dentist" as that is not a recognized dental specialty in Canada.
What Dental Specialties are recognized in Canada?
There are nine recognized dental professions in Canada. The Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) reviews and accredits the education programs in those nine dental specialties.
These are the nine dental professions:
Dental Public Health - Dental Public Health is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, and control of dental diseases and the promotion of oral health through organized community efforts.
Endodontics - Endodontics is a dental specialty that focuses on the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the dental pulp and periradicular tissues. Its study and practice encompass fundamental clinical sciences, such as the biology of the normal pulp, as well as the aetiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and injuries to the pulp and associated tissues.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - This branch and specialty of dentistry is concerned with and encompasses the diagnosis, surgical, and non-surgical treatment of disorders, diseases, injuries, and defects affecting the hard and soft tissues of the mouth and related structures.
Oral Medicine and Pathology - This is a subspecialty of dentistry concerned with the diagnosis, nature, and primarily non-surgical treatment of oral, maxillofacial, and TMJ diseases and disorders, as well as dental management of patients with medical complications. Two applied components of this specialty are oral medicine and oral pathology.
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology - This dental specialty entails the prescription, production, and interpretation of diagnostic images for the diagnosis and management of craniofacial diseases and disorders.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics - These dentists are specifically concerned with supervising, guiding, and correcting developing or mature dentofacial structures, as well as with diagnosing, preventing, and treating any abnormalities associated with these structures.
Pediatric Dentistry - Pediatric dentists provide a primary and comprehensive oral health diagnosis, care, and consultation for infants and children through adolescence, including those of all ages with special care needs.
Periodontics - This specialty is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions affecting the supporting and surrounding tissues of teeth or their substitutes, as well as the preservation of their health, function, and aesthetics.
Prosthodontics - Prosthodontists diagnose, restore, and maintain the patient's oral function, comfort, appearance, and health by restoring natural teeth and/or replacing missing teeth and oral tissues with artificial substitutes.