Fewer visits, and no compromise on the result.
Twenty dental services, from a yearly oral check up to complex specialised treatment.
Specialised dentistry
A dental implant is a titanium post placed in the jawbone to take the place of the root of a missing tooth. Once the bone has healed around it, the implant carries a crown, a bridge or a denture. It is an…
Specialised dentistry
A bone graft rebuilds jawbone that has been lost, so that a dental implant has enough bone to hold on to. The graft uses the patient's own bone, a bone substitute, or a combination of the two, placed in the…
Specialised dentistry
Wisdom teeth are the last molars to appear, usually in the late teens or early twenties. There are four, one at each back corner of the mouth. They often have little room to come through, so a wisdom tooth may…
Specialised dentistry
Root canal treatment clears infection from inside a tooth. At the center of every tooth is the pulp, the soft tissue that carries its nerve and blood supply, held in the pulp chamber and running down the root…
Specialised dentistry
A crown is a restoration that covers a tooth completely, taking the place of tooth structure lost to decay, fracture or wear. A bridge applies the same principle to a missing tooth: crowns are fitted to the…
Specialised dentistry
Dentures replace missing teeth with an appliance made for the mouth it sits in. They can replace a single tooth, several teeth, or a full arch, resting on the gum ridge and, where natural teeth remain, on…
Specialised dentistry
Periodontal treatment addresses gum disease, the inflammation that follows when plaque and tartar are left against the gum. It starts as gingivitis: the gum is red and swollen and bleeds when brushed, but its…
Specialised dentistry
Gum contouring reshapes the gum margin, the line where the gum meets the tooth. Where the gum sits low over the teeth, or where the line is uneven from one tooth to the next, reshaping it evens out how much of…
General dentistry
An oral health check up is an examination of the whole mouth rather than treatment of one tooth. Its purpose is to find what is starting before it is felt: decay, gum disease and other changes are all silent…
General dentistry
A dental CT scan produces a three dimensional image of the teeth, the jawbone and the structures around them. A conventional dental X-ray flattens everything into a single plane; a CT scan keeps the depth, so…
General dentistry
Plaque is a soft film of bacteria that forms on the teeth every day. What is not brushed away hardens into tartar, which grips the tooth surface, the spaces between the teeth and the gum line, and can no…
General dentistry
AirFlow is a method of professional cleaning that directs a jet of warm water, air and a fine powder at the teeth, lifting plaque and surface staining from the tooth surface, from between the teeth and from…
General dentistry
A tooth filling repairs a tooth that has lost structure to decay, a fracture or a chip, while the damage is still limited to the tooth itself and has not reached the pulp. The dentist takes away what is…
General dentistry
A tooth extraction removes a tooth from its socket in the jawbone. It is a minor surgical procedure, and it is the option considered last: the aim of most dental treatment is to keep a tooth, and extraction…
General dentistry
A diastema is a gap between two teeth, most often between the upper front teeth. Closing it with a filling means bonding tooth-colored composite to the sides of the teeth on either side, building each one out…
Esthetic dentistry
Veneers are thin shells bonded to the front surface of the teeth. They are made from composite or ceramic and are shaped and shaded to sit close against the tooth and resemble natural enamel. Veneers are used…
Esthetic dentistry
Teeth whitening lightens teeth that have become yellow, dark or dull. Everyday food and drink such as tea, coffee and red wine, and smoking, leave stains that settle on and into the tooth surface and are not…
Esthetic dentistry
Orthodontic treatment moves teeth into a better position using steady, controlled force. At Dentopia this is done either with clear aligners, which are removable, or with fixed braces, which stay bonded to the…
Esthetic dentistry
A clear retainer is a thin transparent tray, moulded to the teeth in their finished position and worn after orthodontic treatment. It is made from impressions or a scan taken once the braces come off, so that…
Esthetic dentistry
A wire retainer has an acrylic base that sits against the palate or behind the lower teeth, and a metal wire, sheathed in acrylic, that runs across the front of the teeth and holds them in position. It is…
