One Monday morning, a 50 year old bloke walked into our practice saying his wife thought his smile looked chipped and that he was looking older... Preventive Care detects early decay in the natural pits & grooves of all teeth. These early decay lesions will grow into larger cavities... Many teeth have tiny penetrating cavities. There is no way to know how deep they are. Amy came in for a routine check and we picked up very high... Is dental decay preventable? Yes, Preventive Care detects tiny cavities before it travels through the outer enamel and reaches the inner soft... Hanna is a teenager. Her fillings were crumbling and eating cold and hot foods was painful. After removing the old fillings placed in childhood,... Is Root Canal treatment really preventable? Yes, Preventive Care detects tiny cavities before they push through the outer enamel and seals off the... Eli did not notice the advanced decay in the last molar. This would have become an abscessed tooth in a few months causing significant pain and... Multiple cavities in adjacent teeth After restoring them with white fillings Most patients focus their attention on the obvious (large) cavities.... A comprehensive diagnosis sometimes reveals old amalgam fillings which have long passed their use-by date. They have not yet fallen out and our... Graeme was worried about the old amalgam filling which was sensitive. He had not realized that the adjacent tooth had significant early decay as... Inspect old amalgams regularly. Old amalgams break down and result in food entrapment. In this case, Thomas had constant food traps on either side... An upper wisdom tooth caused a food trap. End result, the adjacent tooth was heavily decayed. Preventive Care would have picked this up decades ago.... ... Often we see patients with excellent teeth become over-zealous with their toothbrush. Their intention to keep their teeth sparkling leads them to... In the past era of Dentistry, every general dentist was able to perform Root Canal treatment. This is very much like Rugby at the school level. All... Gum disease is an inflamed and infected condition of the gums and tissues around your teeth. It creeps up on most people and if not recognized and... Sometimes the very worst happens. A new mum sees her child trip, fall and knock out a front tooth. A hug is hardly enough to console the... What is a Space Maintainer? Every tooth has a designated space and size in the mouth and baby teeth preserve this space. If however, the baby tooth... Unfortunately, Aleisha developed extensive decay and lost a few teeth. Mum was visibly concerned about the new teeth coming through. Is this what... Often young children develop a wide gap between their upper front teeth. Anecdotally, the gap has closed with development of the adult teeth.... Young children who suffer from periodic coughs and colds often turn into mouth breathers. They are easily identified by visiting their room at night... During the growth and development of a child, it is most essential that professional monitoring and record keeping is strict. Various growth spurts... Young children carry over ‘thumb sucking’ and ‘tongue thrusting’ into their 6th – 8 year age. Whilst this may be a security issue, the resultant... Sometimes, an opportunity in childhood is missed, and the gap (called a diastema) remains into adult life. With Time, the gap increases in size and... Aimee came in with severe sensitivity on her 4 front teeth. In addition, these teeth were irregular and uneven. Considerable enamel loss had... A metal free crown is a beautiful way to rebuild a broken down tooth. Ceramics available today restore the dazzle in your Smile. Crowns are... Often (molar) teeth fracture or have large fillings. An ideal material is gold and this protects the underlying tooth from fracture. Gold... Colin came in with a front tooth dropping from its socket. It caused him alarm as it was now precariously close to falling out. He could not afford... What did Caring 4 Smiles do for Bronwyn? We presented a plan to reduce the large space with veneers and place an implant in the front aesthetic... What did Caring 4 Smiles do for Gemma? Gemma had several old amalgam fillings and crumbling teeth. She was also concerned about the tooth she had... Often the first signs of breakdown are a chipped tooth. Sometimes catastrophe strikes and the entire tooth fractures off as the proverbial last... Many individuals don’t notice that they clench or grind their teeth during the day and / or night. This can be a result of work or other stress.... The mouth can take a significant amount of insult resulting in chipping and fracture of teeth. Some patients who don’t realize the ongoing disease... Melanie’s front teeth made her self conscious so she just would not smile. We undertook a full mouth rejuvenation plan. What did Caring 4 Smiles do... Acrylic Partial Denture replacing a few Upper Teeth Cast Partial Denture Cast Framework Partial Denture Losing teeth is definitely a setback, but in... Mini Implants are made from titanium, invented several years ago to stabilize dentures. Caring 4 Smiles has completed a considerable body of work to... Marian – Age 48 Dental condition: Lower 8 molars abscessed and extremely complex to restore. A decision was made to extract them and retain the... Robert, a victim of total tooth loss was fitted with complete upper and lower dentures. These dentures flopped around and caused him considerable... 
