Why Having Every Dental Specialist in One Place Changes Everything
Most people assume that getting great dental care means getting used to referrals. Need a root canal? Here is the name of an endodontist across town. Need gum treatment before your implant? Call this periodontist and hope they have availability. Need oral surgery? That is a different office entirely.
It doesn’t have to work that way. With The Dental Care Group’s diverse dental team, it never has.
Since Dr. Cutler founded this practice in 1970, the vision has been straightforward: bring the specialists to the patients, not the other way around. If you have questions about what that means for your care, we would love to show you in person. Call us at Aventura: 305-935-2797 | Pembroke Pines: 954-430-2300 | Fort Lauderdale: 954-963-3706.
What Are the Six Dental Specialties at The Dental Care Group?
General dentists are skilled, essential, and handle the majority of what most patients need day to day. But dental medicine is a broad field, and certain conditions, procedures, and patient needs call for a higher level of focused training. There are 12 recognized dental specialties, and here is what makes each one distinct.
Periodontics
Periodontists specialize in the structures that support your teeth: the gums, the bone, and the connective tissue that holds everything in place. Where a general dentist can treat early gum disease, a periodontist has completed three additional years of residency training focused specifically on diagnosing and treating advanced gum disease, placing dental implants, and performing procedures like bone grafting and gum recession surgery. If gum disease is caught late or has progressed significantly, a periodontist is the appropriate specialist to lead that treatment.
Endodontics
Endodontists specialize in the inside of the tooth, specifically the pulp and root canal system. When a tooth becomes infected or badly damaged, root canal therapy is the procedure that can save it. Endodontists perform root canals and related procedures at a higher volume and with more advanced training than general dentists, which often means greater precision, faster treatment, and better outcomes on complex cases.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral surgeons are the specialists called in for tooth extractions that go beyond the routine, including impacted wisdom teeth, teeth that cannot be removed conventionally, and cases that require surgical access to the bone. They also place implants, perform jaw-related procedures, and are trained to administer deeper levels of sedation than most general dentists. When a procedure requires surgical precision, this is the specialist patients need.
Prosthodontics
Prosthodontists specialize in restoring and replacing teeth. They are experts in crowns, dental bridges, dentures, full-arch restorations, and complex implant cases where multiple teeth or the entire bite need to be rebuilt. The additional training focuses on how teeth function together, how restorations should look, and how to manage cases where significant reconstruction is involved.
Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric dentists complete two to three years of additional training beyond dental school focused entirely on treating children, from infancy through adolescence. That training covers child development, behavior management, treatment approaches for primary and developing permanent teeth, and how to make dental visits a positive experience for kids who might otherwise be anxious or resistant. A pediatric dentist is not simply a general dentist who sees children. The credential reflects specialized preparation for this unique patient population.
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Orthodontics
Orthodontists specialize in diagnosing and correcting misaligned teeth and jaws. Whether through traditional braces or clear aligner systems, orthodontists have completed an additional two to three years of residency training in tooth movement, jaw development, and bite correction. Many general dentists now offer Invisalign, but orthodontists bring a deeper level of training to complex alignment cases, growing patients, and bite issues that go beyond cosmetic concerns.
Most Offices Have Some Specialists. Very Few Have Six Recognized Dental Specialties.
Here is something worth understanding: it is increasingly common for dental practices to bring a specialist or two in-house. You might find a general dentist who partners with a visiting periodontist on certain days, or a practice that offers Invisalign alongside routine cleanings.
What is genuinely uncommon is having multiple recognized dental specialties available under one roof.
As Dr. Mars puts it: “To have everything under one roof is really unique. Hats off to Dr. Cutler, who founded our practice back in 1970. He was one of the first people in Miami to bring specialists in-house, and today, while it is more common in a lot of offices, rarely are you going to find an office that has all six dental specialties under one roof.”
That distinction matters more than it might seem at first.
What It Actually Means for Your Care
When your general dentist identifies a concern that needs specialist attention, the typical process involves a referral to an outside office, a new patient intake process, separate records, a separate appointment, and often a gap of weeks before you are seen. Then the findings need to be communicated back. Then your general dentist picks up where they left off.
At The Dental Care Group, that coordination happens internally. Your records live in one place. Your care team can consult with each other directly. If your cleaning reveals signs of gum disease that warrant a periodontist’s evaluation, that conversation can happen the same day. If your restorative work requires input from a prosthodontist, you do not have to navigate a new office to get it.
For patients managing more complex dental needs, that kind of continuity is not just convenient. It leads to better, more coordinated care. And for patients who simply want to stop running across town to piece together a treatment plan, it is a significant relief.
South Florida’s One-Stop Dental Home Since 1970
The Dental Care Group has been serving families across Aventura, Pembroke Pines, and Fort Lauderdale for over 55 years. What Dr. Cutler built from the beginning was something most practices are still working toward: a true multi-specialty practice where patients never have to look elsewhere for the care they need.
If you are currently bouncing between multiple offices for different parts of your dental care, or if you are looking for a practice that can grow with you and your family’s needs over time, we would love to be that home for you.
Three locations. Six specialties. One trusted team. We are open six days a week, including Saturdays, and our multilingual staff can serve you in English, Spanish, Hebrew, Portuguese, Creole/Haitian, and Russian. Call our Aventura dental clinic at 305-935-2797, our Pembroke Pines dental clinic at 954-430-2300, or our Fort Lauderdale dental clinic at 954-963-3706 to schedule your visit.
