Practice of general dentistry including preventive action, promotive, curative and rehabilitative to the condition of the teeth and oral individual or society.
Maintenance actions that can be done by a general dentist, among others, filling cavities, tartar cleaning, tooth extraction, manufacture of artificial teeth.
A dentist frequently uses X-rays in diagnosis.
In Indonesia, an aspiring dentist must follow special education in dental school for about 4 years to earn a Bachelor of Dentistry (SKG). Then should follow the internship / secretariat (ko-ass) in a hospital or other health facilities for about 2 years to get his dentist (drg).
