Hello patients! I am Dr. Li Yao, who came to Hangzhou for the first time to work, and I have 5 years of rich clinical experience, and I hope to help more patients and friends. Oral health is closely related to the health of the whole body, with the development of medical science, patients and friends pay more and more attention to oral health. When we suffer from oral diseases, if we can choose the right department and doctor, will save a lot of consultation and treatment time. Often dental specialty hospitals are more experienced in treating oral diseases, while the dental departments of large tertiary general hospitals are in a state of atrophy (except for oral and maxillofacial surgery). Here are some basic suggestions that I hope will help you: If you find that your teeth are darkened, or you even experience tooth pain, toothache after eating, hot and cold pain, etc., you should first go to the endodontist for treatment. Usually, if the tooth disease can be treated, we do not recommend you to choose tooth extraction, because tooth extraction will cause tooth loss, which will affect the function of your eating and chewing. If the tooth is difficult to retain, the endodontist will refer you to an oral surgeon for extraction. If you find more tartar, itchy gums, red and swollen gum margins, bleeding when eating apples, etc., it means that you have inflammation of the gums. If you find that the gums are shrinking, more and more parts of the teeth are exposed to the oral cavity, and even the teeth are loosening, it means that your periodontitis is very serious, so please go to periodontics in time. Gingivitis and mild periodontitis can usually be treated with periodontal scaling, while moderate or even severe periodontitis will require a detailed treatment plan, and in severe cases, extraction may be required by an oral surgeon. Periodontal disease is not something to be taken lightly, and it is a shame that many people’s teeth, which do not have caries per se, become loose and fall out. If you have mouth ulcers, soreness, discoloration, or hyperplasia of the mucous membranes of the mouth (lips, cheeks, tongue, palate, etc.), please consult the Oral Mucous Membrane Clinic for a specific examination to clarify the disease, and the doctor will give you the appropriate treatment recommendations, and remember not to blindly use medication without the guidance of a doctor. If you have a large tooth loss, or a missing tooth after extraction, we need to make up for the function of the tooth, then you need to go to the Prosthodontics Department, and the Prosthodontist will be able to give you specific treatment advice based on your oral condition and financial ability. Don’t think it’s okay to have one tooth missing, long-term missing teeth will have an impact on neighboring teeth, and in severe cases, will affect the shape of the face and even oral joint disease. Oral teeth are not aligned, this is basically universally recognized, because the teeth are not aligned poor aesthetics, so you should go to correct the teeth, this to go to the orthodontic clinic, the need for a detailed treatment plan, the specific operation of the longer time, the need for patients to cooperate with the doctor’s treatment. Do not go to irregular medical institutions to do orthodontics. Need to extract the teeth to go to the oral surgery clinic, wisdom teeth inflammation patients need to go to the oral surgery clinic, anti-inflammatory to remove wisdom teeth in a timely manner, many patients are afraid of extraction, in fact, after the success of anesthesia extraction is basically painless, is really nervous about patients can be in the laughing gas sedation anesthesia tooth extraction. If a lump is detected in the mouth or face, it is necessary to go to the oral surgery in time. If the mouth is inflamed, swollen with pain, please go to the oral surgery in time, in addition, cleft lip, cleft palate, oral arthrosis, parotid gland and other diseases also need to go to the oral surgery. For patients with missing teeth, there is a better way, that is, dental implants, so dental specialty hospitals have oral implant departments. Dental implants are relatively expensive, but they are a relatively good restoration method and will be the mainstream of dental treatment in the future. I expect more patients to understand the process of dental implants, and I will continue to popularize the specific treatment process for you in the future. Usually patients under the age of 15 can go to pediatric dentistry. The biggest difference between pediatric dentistry and adult dentistry lies in the fact that children undergo cyclical changes with their physical, mental, and emotional growth, which expands the clinical scope of pediatric dentistry and makes it more diverse and complex. The pediatric dentists are very experienced in treating children and are confident that they will provide you with professional advice on your treatment. This is how to choose a department, so how do you choose the right doctor. It is naturally good if you have a doctor you know well, if not, how do we choose? My suggestion is this, first of all, you can search in the doctor’s hospital website to see how to introduce, focus on the number of years of work and professional expertise; age is a doctor’s seniority, of course, the older doctors are experienced, but the young doctors also need to work out, a lot of experienced doctors are gradually work out, if the patient does not give the young doctor the opportunity, then when the old doctor retired after we trust who, in fact, simple questions. Trust who it, in fact, simple problems to find young doctors enough to solve the complex problems we turn to the experts; secondly, pay attention to the doctor’s ability to communicate, a good doctor communication skills are very strong, are more patient, communication is sometimes more important than good technology, if a doctor speaks hard, make you uncomfortable, even if he is high level, you can not be happy; lastly, pay attention to one point, that is, the medical record writing situation, the medical record is a response to the doctor’s level, the medical record is a reflection of the doctor’s level of experience. The last concern is the writing of medical records, medical records is an important indicator of the level of response to the doctor, a good medical records are clear and understandable, follow-up is also very convenient, many hospitals have canceled the handwritten medical records, the main reason is that part of the doctor’s handwriting is really difficult to see and understand. I believe that through my introduction, you already know how to choose the right department and doctor, if there is still do not understand to leave me a message, I am willing to answer your questions in time, thank you for your attention!