Examine your teeth, gums, and mouth for any potential concerns
Dental cleanings involve removing plaque (soft, sticky, bacteria infested film) and tartar (calculus) deposits that have built up on the teeth over time.
The procedure for a dental filling is used to repair minor fractures or decay in the teeth, as a form of restorative dental treatment.
All toothpastes help remove surface stains from coffee, tea, and other lifestyle habits, but whitening toothpastes have additional chemicals to help make teeth appear whiter
Having healthy teeth is of utmost importance for a beautiful smile. Also, dental health plays an important role in overall wellness.
For certain orthodontic cases, tooth extraction – or pulling out teeth to remove them – is necessary to achieve the best results, with straight teeth and a healthy smile.
Fluoride is a mineral that is naturally present to some degree in both fresh and salt water sources. Its major dental benefit is that it is readily incorporated into the teeth's mineral structure, thereby making them stronger and more decay-resistant.
If the primary (baby teeth) are being lost quickly enough to allow for the permanent teeth to come in
Sealants protect the chewing surfaces from cavities by covering them with a protective shield that blocks out germs and food.
A root canal treatment can save a badly infected or damaged tooth. The tooth may have become infected or damaged by decay, repeated dental work, wear and tear, gum disease, cracked fillings or an injury to the tooth.
Partial or complete dentures (removable teeth) can replace lost teeth, improving the appearance of your smile. These false teeth are designed to look natural, and they’re made from different materials like acrylic and metal.
A crown is typically a kind of cap which covers a tooth completely with the help of dental cement. As the name suggests, Dental bridges are used to fill in the gap between two teeth that have occurred due to one or more missing teeth.
This branch of dentistry is concerned with the prevention of dental disease and the maintenance and promotion of oral health and includes:
• Education: educating our patients in oral hygiene, eating habits and children’s dental care and maintenance.
• Dental check-ups: six-monthly oral health evaluations.
• Routine oral hygiene visits: to keep the mouth and teeth clean to prevent dental problems and bad breath.
• Fissure sealants are placed on children’s teeth once permanent molars have erupted to prevent dental caries – prevention is better than cure!
This procedure restores a tooth to full functionality and morphology.
• Indication: Symptoms can vary from slight sensitivity to sugar or temperature changes, to severe pain.
• Prognosis: With early detection a tooth can be restored to full functionality very successfully.
• Policy: Our practice strives to keep all dental fillings metal free and use tooth colour composites.
This is a treatment sequence of a tooth’s pulp chamber and nerve canals after it has died off due to decay or trauma.
• Indication: It can vary from hot/cold sensitivity to acute or throbbing pain; the tooth can be sensitive to biting.
• Prognosis: If all debris are successfully removed from the tooth and the canals, and the pulp chamber properly filled and sealed, the tooth can regain full functionality. Dental crowns are often placed after treatment to ensure a longer life span of the tooth.
• Policy: All treatments are done with a rubber dam to ensure a more sterile environment. We use the latest titanium files.
This is the removal of a tooth from the mouth due to decay or trauma.
• Indication: Severe pain.
• Policy: Dental extraction is the last resort in the treatment of tooth ache or trauma. Patients receive aftercare instructions. It is advised that any teeth removed be replaced as soon as possible by either dental implants, bridges or dentures.
These are dental appliances placed to replace and restore missing tooth structure or teeth and are not removable.
Dental restorations completely covering (like a thimble over a finger) or partially covering (like a false nail)
a tooth to restore tooth structure and functionality, as well as for aesthetic purposes.
• Indication: teeth with large filling restorations, broken teeth, after root canal treatment, discolored teeth.
• Policy: all crowns and veneers are manufactured by a qualified laboratory technician; we strive to keep all laboratory work metal free.
This is a fixed dental appliance used to replace one or more teeth.
• Indication: To replace one or more extracted teeth.
• Policy: All crowns and veneers are manufactured by a qualified laboratory technician. We strive to keep all laboratory work metal free.
This procedure restores a tooth to full functionality and morphology.
They are removable appliances replacing teeth that are extracted permanently or as an interim measure while healing takes place. Dentures can also be placed on implants for better stability.
• Policy: We place acrylic, chrome cobalt, and flexible dentures depending on the case. All dentures are manufactured by a qualified laboratory technician.
This is a mouth guard protecting teeth while sleeping for patients that grind.
• Indication: Waking up with headaches, tenderness of the jaw, ear ache.
• Prognosis: By wearing a night guard, symptoms will be alleviated.
This is a custom-fit guard protecting the teeth against trauma while playing sports.
• Indication: important to wear when partaking in any contact sport, including hockey.
This is used in dentistry for its anesthetic effect.
• Indication: Any patient willing and able to cooperate with the practitioner, but is too anxious or scared to do so.
This is a technique of administering sedatives and analgesics to calm the patient while performing a dental procedure. The procedure is done at the dental practice.
• Indication: Any patient older than six years that is scared of dental treatment, but willing to cooperate. It is often used as a substitute for general anesthetic.
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