NEWS - NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH - Case of the Month - PAGE 11

Our case of the month for June involves a smile transformation in less than 6 months. We were given a strict time frame due to an important event and we love a challenge! After careful planning and analysis, we felt the goals were achievable within the time frame. Just take a look at the before and after photographs: Crooked front teeth- just look at the left front tooth! Straight teeth in just 6 months! What a difference. The treatment was completed using Damon metal braces and then composite bondi… READ MORE

Our case of the month for May is a cosmetic bonding case which transformed the smile of our patient in just one 60 minute appointment.Here are the photos:… CONTINUE READING

Our case of the month for March involves a full transformation of the entire mouth. The treatment involved planning using Insignia. What is Insignia? Well, this is a fantastic software platform that allows us to plan the best possible teeth positions for each case in very fine detail. We can then produce dental braces which are bespoke for your teeth including the orthodontic wires and a treatment plan which is finely tuned to produce the best end result in the quickest time frame. Our case shows how beau… READ MORE

We believe strongly in minimally invasive dentistry. Wherever possible we will use techniques that are kind to teeth and gums, involve no drilling of healthy tooth tissue and involve no pain. Our case is a smile transformation which follows these steps. The end result is simply stunning. Please take a look at the before and after photographs: Our patient hated the twisted tooth, the gaps and the size of the teeth Smile transformation on the day of brace removal- what a difference! How was this achieved… READ MORE

We forgot to post our case for January! Better late than never. Our case involves the use of the Waterlase i Plus 2.0 to perform a procedure called surgical crown lengthening. What is surgical crown lengthening? In simple terms, this is a procedure that exposes more tooth surface to allow a dental crown to be made in such as way that it can seat on sound tooth 360 degrees. Ideally, dentists require at least 1mm of sound circumferential tooth as provides a 'ferule' and greatly enhances the resistance form… READ MORE

Yes, we know it is now the 1st of December! However, our case of the month for November is truly stunning and deserves to be posted. The case highlights the future of cosmetic dentistry- ABC A is for alignment B is for bleaching C is for composite bonding Just take a look: Straight, even teeth. No drilling, no needles, no pain and affordable! The alignment was completed using a ceramic fixed outside brace. Bleaching with Philips Zoom LED. Cosmetic bonding using G-aenial by GC. This required NO dr… READ MORE

Our case of the month for October 2015 is a great orthodontic case which completely transformed our patients smile and life. She hated her 'fang' like canine teeth- topical with Halloween around the corner! This is a common problem and is not a particularly aesthetic feature of a smile. The treatment undertaken was a full mouth ceramic orthodontic treatment using Damon Clear braces. The results speak for themselves:… CONTINUE READING

Our case of the month for September involves a full mouth reconstruction using dental implants and a technique called All on 4. All on 4, as the name suggests, involves replacing all of the teeth using 4 upper and 4 lower dental implants. The great advantage of this technique is that by using only 8 dental implants in total, the overall surgery is reduced thus reducing trauma to the oral cavity and there is an associated lower cost compared to traditional techniques where 6-8 implants were required for eac… READ MORE

Our case of the month for August is one involving cosmetic bonding. In this case, the edges of the central front teeth were worn, chipped and almost transparent.Cosmetic bonding is a technique that can repair fractured, uneven, chipped and spaced teeth using a non invasive adhesive process. There is virtually no drilling required, no need for needles and no pain! What's more is that we have recently improved our bonding process using fluid abrasion. The bond strength using fluid abrasion prior to co… READ MORE

Our case of the month for July involves the restoration of severe tooth wear using the Dahl technique.The Dahl TechniqueThe Dahl technique is a great concept for the treatment of localised tooth wear, especially on the front teeth. The concept involves potentially a number of methods but we prefer direct bonding. For example, if the upper front teeth are worn but there is no space to restore them, we may use the Dahl concept to restore them. Direct composite restorations are placed to restore the teeth to … READ MORE