PREVENTION
'Teeth for Life' is the aim of modern preventive
dentistry. These days when teeth are lost, over 90% of the time it is
due to gum problems. Our hygienist is experienced with the latest techniques
and materials to help arrest gum disease, and then the aim is to work
together with you to maintain your mouth in a state of 'wellness' instead
of waiting for a problem to arise and then try to fix it. Teeth for life
is the aim of prevention.
Brighter Smile, Brighter Image. Good looking teeth are very important to your general appearance. Visual presentation and behaviour can be dramatically influenced by the appearance of a person's teeth. Stained, uneven, twisted, chipped or gappy teeth can under mine your confidence.
THE BITE
The bite or occlusion is one of the most important aspects of dentistry
and can have a large bearing on general head, neck, jaw and back pain.
Particular attention is paid to the 'occlusion' in general and especially
when any treatment is carried out.
VENEERS
As a direct result of space technology, thin ceramic veneers can
be be fabricated with little tooth preparation. These can be applied to
counteract the effect of aging discolourating, chips, twists and gaps.
PORCELAIN INLAYS
When a large metal filling in a back tooth breaks, or needs replacing,
rather than crowning, which removes even more good tooth, it is often
possible to fuse into the tooth a specially made porcelain, or composite
inlay. This not only looks good like an unfilled tooth again, but bonds
to the thin walls of tooth improving strength considerably.
WHITE COMPOSITE FILLINGS
For small back fillings, these exciting and cosmetically very acceptable
alternatives to traditional silver amalgam fillings provide the opportunity
of having mercury free, tooth coloured fillings.
Now of proven quality and durability over a ten year period of development they can be much less destructive to tooth tissue, and, with meticulous technique have been shown to actually increase the strength of the restored tooth.
Full mouth reconstruction is undertaken on a regular basis, with very particular attention being paid to the way the jaws 'articulate' or function comfortably together following treatment.
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CHILDREN
All aspects of children's dentistry are undertaken, with particular
emphasis again placed on prevention and oral hygiene, with correct usage
of fluorides and early application of fissure sealants.
OTHER ASPECTS
All other aspects of dentistry are covered to include: Full and partial
dentures. Chrome Cobalt (lightweight metal) dentures. Precision attached
partial dentures.
CROWNS
Alt types of crowns are available, gold or gold bonded to porcelain
using only the highest quality laboratories to complement treatment.
When a tooth or teeth are lost, they can be replaced either with a denture or a bridge can be constructed.
A bridge is a permanent replacement for the missing tooth, which looks and feels just like a normal row of teeth.
There are several different types of bridge. Conventional bridges utilise crowns on the existing teeth at each end of the gap with an additional tooth held in place between them.
Adhesive bridges use the latest bonding techniques and involve very little reduction of the supporting teeth to permanently hold a new tooth in the gap.
These bridges are manufactured using gold and bonding alloys fused to porcelain, by carefully selected top quality laboratories.
IMPLANTS
Implants are proving a reliable way to replace some missing teeth.
To this end we work together with a specialist implant surgeon to achieve
the best possible result.
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