04 Dec Patient Story – Treating Severe Gum Disease Part 2
This is the second instalment of a 2-part blog where we cover the treatments carried out for a patient suffering with gum disease, including root canal therapy....
03 Dec Patient Story – Treating Severe Gum Disease Part 1
Gum disease is an incredibly common condition and a leading cause of tooth loss. Only 10% of people will not get gum disease. Unfortunately, it is a “silent” disease i.e. many times, there are no symptoms and by the time the tooth becomes loose, it is impossible to save the tooth....
02 Dec Patient Story – Cost-effectively Securing Loose Upper Dentures
Dentures have been used to replace teeth for centuries and one of the main reasons dental implants gained wide acceptance in the 1980s was because of the huge number of patients with problematic dentures....
30 Nov Patient Story – Repairing Deep Fractured Teeth Part 2
In this, the second of this 2-part blog, Dr Ope Sodeinde discusses the elements that must be considered when making decisions on dental treatments of this nature. As we saw in part 1, if the decay/fracture does not extend to the bone, the treatment is very simple but when it does, the options are crown...
27 Nov Patient Story – Repairing Deep Fractured Teeth Part 1
Decay or fracture of teeth that extend underneath the gum are extremely common dental problems. The difficulty with these situations is that the decay/fracture tends to extend to the bone level and this is the first of a 2-part blog that discusses the things that have to be considered when making a decision....
26 Nov Patient Story – Single Visit Pocket Reduction & Dental Implant Treatment
This is the second part of the blog post from yesterday. In addition to the cyst removal in the lower left, this lovely patient had gum flap surgery on most of her back teeth under intravenous sedation (to make her comfortable....
25 Nov Patient Story – Removal of Cyst & the Treatment of Widespread Gum Disease
Gum disease and implant disease and widespread problems that normally require comfortable gum OR flap surgery to adequately treat the disease. The treatment of this lovely lady led to the discovery of a very large cyst that would have led to a numb lip OR fracture of the lower jaw if I had not discovered...
24 Nov Patient Story – Same Day Teeth
The use of same day teeth aka modern-day fixed teeth is one of the most profoundly transformative treatments we carry out for our patients. This lovely gentleman had spent many years beating himself up regarding the state of his gums and teeth. He was understandably dissatisfied with his smile and ability to eat....
23 Nov Case Study – Extreme Tooth Sensitivity & Gum Recession
Gum recession and sensitivity of the tooth/gum are extremely common dental problems. These problems tend to occur together and broadly speaking, you can either treat the sensitivity with either a toothpaste/a dental filling material OR you can treat the gum recession and the sensitivity at the same time by doing gum graft (mucogingival) surgery....
20 Nov Case Study – Bone Loss Around a Dental Implant
Titanium dental implants have been used in patients for about 50 years and they generally work very well. However, we have learned a lot about the main reasons for implant problems....