It’s everyone dream to smile confidently. To laugh wide when we are happy and to speak confidently in public. To do all of this, I believe we need to have a nice set of teeth. No black or grey appearance, no stains and well aligned…
This is a story of my patient who had been wearing a removable denture for so many years to replace one missing front tooth. The tooth was lost due to an accident that happened when she was still in school. She came in requesting for…
Yes, it was a freaking moment for Mr Azrul when he broke one of his front tooth. It happened in the middle of last Ramadhan and he was so scared thinking the worst scenario, that is nothing can be done to save the tooth.
Upon check up and history taking, only 1/3 of natural tooth structure left and I suspected that the tooth is a dead or non vital tooth. The tooth was filled few years back and now the filling has dislodged.
When I told Mr Azrul that the tooth is definitely restorable, he sighed in relief. I proposed root canal treatment followed by composite build up (temporary permanent) or crown. Mr Azrul requested me to just do composite build up/filling for now and he promised will come back later for the root canal treatment.
I did as requested by Mr Azrul. It was composite build up with 1 restorative pin placed for added support and strength. It took me around 45 minutes to complete the treatment.
Mr Azrul smiled in relief seeing his new ‘tooth’ for the first time. He thanked me and I reminded him to make an appointment and come back for root canal treatment.
Dr Nik (nik@drfauziah.com)
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Amir had a fall when he was younger, that lead to an injury of his front tooth. A root canal treatment was done to save his tooth from extraction and everything was going well until he realised that his tooth kept on getting darker closer…