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The American Dental Association (ADA) stresses that the frequency of dental visits necessary is dependent upon the needs of each individual with some able to go once or twice a year and others needing to go more often.
This may include:

1. yearly
2. select dental X-rays

See also dental plaque identification procedure and removal.

While dentists are primary care physicians responsible for the upkeep of a patient's oral health along with simple treatments, oral surgeons perform evaluations and procedures for specific, complex issues and surgeries.

Both dentists and oral surgeons earn a bachelor's degree in a scientific field and then attend dental school.
This can take around eight years between classwork and clinical practice to complete, earning either doctorate degrees in dental surgery (DDS) or in dental medicine (DMD).

Some tasks dental surgeons perform include:

1. Extractions:
2. This is the process of removing teeth from the jaw

One common extraction procedure is the removal of compacted wisdom teeth.
Implants:The opposite of extraction, an implant is the insertion of dental prosthetics such as:bridges, dentures, crowns or metal roots.