1 Following surgery, and especially with the help of a cast, severely broken toes take 6-8 weeks to heal, depending on the location and extent of the injury. 2  After such a long time in a cast, your foot may need some rehabilitation as described below.
A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants.Periodontists are also experts in the treatment of oral inflammation.he periodontist will also take a small measuring instrument called a probe and place it between the teeth and gums to determine the depth of those spaces, known as periodontal pockets; this helps the periodontist assess the health of the gums.
In other words, the dentist can treat dental diseases and conditions that he or she feels qualified to treat. Patients present to dentists with a spectrum of conditions and diseases, some less common or more complex than others. The profession of Dentistry has historically responded by developing specialty programs to train dentist to meet the needs of these patients; Periodontics is one of the dental specialties. In the early twentieth century Periodontics began as a specialty that treated periodontitis or gum disease.