Dental Veneers

If you have crowded, spaced, discoloured teeth or are unhappy with the shape of your teeth and smile, dental veneers (laminates) could offer you the answer.

Veneers are custom made thin shells of porcelain that are bonded to your teeth. The process involves taking models of your mouth and building a 3D design of your new smile. This is called a wax-up because it is created in wax. We can also use digital photographs to give you the opportunity to see what your new smile may look like.

From the models we produce templates to guide the dentist in how to prepare your teeth for veneers. This helps minimise any work need to have done on your teeth to produce the final results. At this visit more models are made so the final veneers can be fabricated to our prescription in terms of colour and shape.

To ensure your new veneers will suit you at the same visit we fit prototype veneers by exactly copying the 3D model on to your teeth. You can wear these for the whole time it takes for the final veneers to be custom made. It also gives you the time to evaluate if you like your new smile and start to get used to the changes. Any adjustments can be made if necessary and these changes communicated to the technician so what you see will be exactly what you get, fantastic looking teeth and smile.

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HPV Vaccination Update

Thank you Sue. We now have a petition set up on the 10 Downing Street site to get action from the Government to vaccinate both boys and girls, so both sexes benefit from the protection it will give against mouth cancers caused by HPV. Please join in just follow this link.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HPVjabs-for-boys/

Dental Technology

Its always hard when the weather is nice and you have to give up family time to go on courses but it is worth it when you are exposed to world class speakers. This weekend was pure dentistry. I am amazed how far treatments have advanced in my career. New glues, better materials and the integration of advanced technologies. Cerec the CAD/CAM system for milling porcelain restorations and crowns for damaged teeth, which we have now used for 5 years, was centre stage.

I had a look at new instruments for analysing your bite so more accurately adjustments to teeth and restortations can be made. This would prevent cracking and breaking of teeth, also the risk of jaw joint problems, tooth sensitivity and muscle pain that are associated with a poor bite.

When it comes to early tooth decay we already use a laser 'Diagnodent' to help us look for disease but a new electronic disease finder ' CarieScan PRO' may offer us even more accurate diagnosis. We have been offered the opportunity to try this in the near future. Being highly commended by the British Dental Association for preventative dentistry has its uses.

Post Graduate Education

Friday and Saturday see Richard and some of the team heading off for 2 days of continued professional developement. The Dentistry Show at the NEC is holding the Aesthetic Dentist Conference and Hygienist Symposium. We are all hoping to learn more and bring great new ideas back to the practice so we can continue to improve our services.

Out and About

On Friday evening Jeni , Julie and I were out promoting the practice and spreading the dental health message at Berkswich Methodist Church. It is part of Smile Styles Charter to engage with the community and promote dental health for life.



If you need a speaker for your group or club, I am happy to offer my services for free just contact the practice.



email me at smile.style@btconnect.com or call on 01785 225505

HPV update

I have received a reply from my MP David Kidney which says

'Richard,
You obviously make a good point but I confirm that I was not aware of this particular argument in favour of vaccinating boys as well as girls. Now that you have brought it to my attention, I am writing to the Public Health Minister to put your point of view and to obtain a response. Perhaps we can speak when you have seen the Minister’s answer.
Regards, David'

We shall have to wait on a responce from the Public Health Minister but please contact your MP to help our campaign.