What is Restorative Dentistry?
Restorative dentistry focuses on diagnosing and treating problems affecting the teeth, gums, root canals and missing teeth. The page explains that restorative specialists manage more complex dental cases involving periodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics. Treatments can include crowns, bridges, dentures, root canal treatment, implants and gum care, helping restore oral function, appearance and confidence.
Restorative Dentistry is the study, examination, diagnosis, and integrated treatment of diseases of the teeth and structures of the oral cavity. It includes the specialities of endodontics, periodontics, and prosthodontics and is concerned with restoring oral and dental tissues to the functional, aesthetic, and psychological requirements of individual patients.
What is a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, and what do they do?
Specialists in restorative dentistry usually practice as honorary or NHS consultants in restorative dentistry.
Specialists in restorative dentistry provide advice and treatment for difficult cases involving all areas of restorative dentistry, including periodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics. Specialists working as consultants in dental hospitals may provide undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research, and training for future specialists.
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What treatments can a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry carry out?
Specialists in Restorative Dentistry can perform all treatments performed by specialists in periodontics, endodontics, and prosthodontics.
What additional training and qualification does a specialist in Restorative Dentistry need?
A minimum of five years of postgraduate training is required, covering the specialities of endodontics, periodontics, and prosthodontics. On successful completion of training, trainees will be awarded the Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons (FDS) in Restorative Dentistry, and trainees can then be recommended for a CCST.
Specialists who have been awarded a CCST can also apply for a CCST and entry onto the speciality list of one or more of the monospecialities of prosthodontics, periodontics, and endodontics.
More on restorative dentistry
- NHS: Dental treatments
Covers common restorative dental treatments, including fillings, crowns, bridges, root canal treatment, implants and dentures. - NHS England: Clinical standard for restorative dentistry
Outlines the standards of restorative dentistry and explains how specialist care may involve crowns, bridges, dentures, implants, and complex treatment planning. - University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust: Restorative dentistry
Explains that restorative dentistry covers periodontics, endodontics and prosthodontics, including crowns, bridges, dentures and dental implants. - British Society for Restorative Dentistry: Crowns, fixed bridges and dental implants
Professional UK guidance on the clinical use of crowns, bridges and dental implants in restorative dental care. - Harborne Dental Practice: Restorative dentistry
Private dental practice explaining how restorative dentistry can repair damaged teeth using treatments such as white fillings, crowns and bridges.
