Dental crowns are caps placed on top of damaged teeth. Crowns are used to protect, cover and restore the shape of your teeth when fillings don’t solve the problem. You may need a dental crown for several reasons, including: Protecting a weak tooth from breaking…
Ms A, a young teenager came to our clinic accompanied by her mother. She broke one of her front tooth due to a fall when she was about 6 years old. Subsequently, a large tooth coloured filling was placed to fix the fractured portion of…
A dental bridge is a treatment to replace a missing tooth by using the the teeth adjacent to it as support. Just like a bridge that connects two places, it requires an anchor at both ends to support the bridge itself.
Bridges can be a great treatment especially when the two adjacent teeth already have large fillings or gone through a root canal treatment. This then becomes suitable for the two teeth to be covered by the prosthesis to allow greater longevity of the teeth.
Another alternative to replace a missing tooth is an implant, but that’s a story for another blog post!
Consult us for what treatments would be suitable for you! – Dr. Shanaz
The most common question from patients regarding wisdom teeth “Dr, do I really need to remove all my wisdom teeth? I am really afraid of surgery! “ The answer is : yes and no. It really depends on the eruption of the 3rd molars /…
Liza has been my patient since 2012. She first came to see me for general dental check up. At that time, she admitted she was afraid of dentist hence she neglected her oral hygiene. Since she had her engagement ceremony that year, she wanted to…