Category “dental bridge”

Veneers and Crowns by dentist near Camberley

March 8th, 2013

Veneers and crowns by dentist near Camberley

Veneers and crowns by dentist near Camberley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Porcelain veneers and crowns can make a huge impact on your smile.  Take a look at this gentleman.  He came to us having broken his bridge.  His teeth were generally discoloured and had multiple mercury fillings in the biting surface of his upper teeth.  The old fillings were failing as they had cracks in them and were very fragile.  He said he was very conscious when he was smiling and often covered his mouth with his hand.  His job involved meeting and greeting new potential clients and he was very aware that his smile was not giving him the confidence that he needed.

We discussed his options and we proposed to replace his old bridge with a new ceramic bridge and reshape a number of his teeth with porcelain veneers and also add protection to his weaker teeth with crowns.

The results speak for themselves. A very happy confident person.

Call or email us to see how we can help you.

Time Dental- Private dental care at its best.

Patients near Winchester feel confident with dental implants at Time Dental

August 22nd, 2012

Missing teeth need not end in wearing dentures.  A patient came to Time Dental near Winchester having broken his upper front teeth.  One tooth was broken badly and the other front upper tooth was completely lost in his accident.  He was looking for a fixed option as he wanted to feel confident and did not want to end up with dentures.

We discussed his options for a fixed solution which was either a bridge or a dental implant to replace his missing tooth.  Bridges are a great option to replace missing teeth.  They involve preparing the teeth on either side of the gap to replace the missing tooth.  They are fixed in place and can last many years.

The other option was an implant.  An implant is a titanium root which replaces the missing root of the tooth.  The dental implant is precisely and carefully placed by an implant surgeon.  Once the dental implant has integrated which normally takes 3-6 months the implant is exposed so that a post can be placed to hold a crown on the post.  There is no need to touch the teeth on either side of the gap, and implants also help to preserve the bone where the root of the tooth used to be.  This helps in stabilising and maintaining support.

Time Dental provides this implant service for patients in Winchester as well as the surrounding areas in Hampshire, Surrey, West sussex and Berkshire.

Time Dental- Private dental care at its best.

Dental Implants at Surrey dentist

May 16th, 2012

A patient came to see us at Time Dental in Farnham having eaten a nut and felt that a filling had dislodged from a tooth.  He did not experience any further pain so he left it a couple of weeks before coming to the practice with tenderness around the gum line.

On inspection of the tooth in question we found that he had actually broken the tooth.  He was not experiencing any pain from it as the tooth had already been root treated and so no nerve was present in the tooth.  The broken tooth however had a vertical fracture and now food was wedging into the crack causing pressure on the surrounding gum line.

Unfortunately the tooth could not be saved, so he discussed his options with cosmetic dentist Dr Rashid for replacing the tooth as there would be an unsightly gap when he smiled.  One option could be to have a partial denture which he was not too keen about.  Another option could be a dental bridge.  This uses the teeth on either side for support and can hold a tooth in between.  The tooth coloured types are often made of ceramic which is very strong.  However it does mean preparing the teeth on either side of the gap.  A further option is a titanium dental implant.  This is essentially a titanium root that replaces the root of the tooth that is to be removed.  In certain cases the implant can be placed on the day of extraction and a temporary crown can be placed.  Once the dental implant has fully integrated usually 12 weeks later the defiinitive crown can be placed. 

Dental implants are routinely placed at Time Dental and is a service that is provided for patients in the Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and Berkshire area.  See how we can help yo to restore your smile at Time Dental- Private dental care at it’s best.

Tooth decay causing broken tooth at dentist near Aldershot

May 3rd, 2012

A patient came to Time Dental having broken a tooth and she wanted to know what the options were for replacing it.  On discussion she had a regular diet of sticky hard sweets.  Strawberry bonbons were her favourite.  Sitcky hard foods are a nightmare for your teeth.  They can regularly break yur teeth as they are very hard.  Once they become soft and chewy they have a suction effect on your teeth and can pull off fillings and crowns.  The third thing is that they are loaded with sugar which will result in tooth decay.  All in all not a good idea to eat them!

The tooth that had broken due to the sweet had completely broken at the gum line and the root of the toth was left.  Unfortunately there is no way in saving the remainder of this tooth so it will have to be removed.  However ther are excellent fixed options to place a tooth in the gap.

One option is a dental implant.  An implant is a titanium root that replaces the missing root of your tooth.  It then holds a crown which is attached via an abutment which fits into the dental implant.  Imaplnts have 95% success rates and are an excellent choice for gaps in the mouth.  This will help to restore your function of your mouth and allow you to chew confidently again.

Another option is a dental bridge.  This uses teeth on either side of the gap for support.  The teeth on either side are prepared and impressions are then taken of the prepared teeth.  This is sent to our master ceramist where they provide a bespoke handcrafted bridge that is tooth coloured and which is very strong.  Another great choice for replacing missing teeth.

Time Dental services many patients from Aldershot as well as Fleet, Farnborough, Winchester, Alton and Guildford, and the surrounding areas in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and West Sussex.