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The original Porcelain and Plastic restorations are not longer used anymore and the dental world talks about ‘Ceramics’ and resin based ‘Composites’ instead. Composites (usually directly placed tooth colour matched fillings) have the advantage of their friendly wear characteristics with natural tooth enamel and the ease of repair if they break. This will tend to…
Read more »In the last 50 years tooth replacement in dentistry has come from plastic denture teeth to bridge-work to dental implants and recently stem cell research producing the first differentiated teeth. This ‘tooth germ’ differentiating into teeth will be a treatment option in our lifetimes but in the meantime tooth loss in 2014 is best dealt…
Read more »Many of you will now be aware of the new clear aligner technology that is now available in the UK. At City Dental Clinic we now offer the Invisalign System. This has revolutionised the world of adult orthodontics and opened up treatment possibilities for those who understandably until now, did not want the traditional orthodontist…
Read more »3D digital technology is mentioned everywhere and dentistry is no exception. Hospital CT’s have enabled excellent 3D images using multidirectional xrays fired at the patient. The drawback particularly in dentistry has been the relatively high radiation dosage. Cone beam 3D CT has arrived in dentistry because the dosage can be 1/10 of the hospital CT…
Read more »More and more patients are wearing dental appliances such as Nightguards, Orthodontic retainers Partial and Full dentures which if you are not careful can aggravate and accelerate any predisposing decay and gum disease. Wherever the dental appliance comes into contact with the teeth and gums this potentially can act as a plaque trap in stagnation…
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