For this Inman aligner treatment we used an Inman aligner with a combined expander for just over 5 months following this three clear aligners were used to do some tidying up. The patient used a home tooth whitening kit and then some composite edge bonding was done on the upper six front teeth.
This gentleman came into dental elegance in quite an unhappy state. He had many broken and missing lower teeth and was really struggling to eat. He already had an upper full plate which he was happy with. He was really worried about having a lower denture as he knew that they can really be difficult to wear. When I looked at his mouth all his remaining lower teeth were in a bad way and would need removing. Treatment options were discussed including a standard denture -but this would be very loose. The patient opted to have 2 implants placed and then to have a denture that would fix onto the implants with magnetic attachments. The photos below show the before during and after results. The patient is delighted with his new lower denture which does not move or lift off as would a normal denture. In-fact he was able to eat foods he had not previously been able to. He now has a beautiful set of natural looking teeth which do not rub or move around when he eats.
Patient on initial visit with his own upper denture in place but no lower teeth
Lower Jaw with very resorbed bone
Implant attachments in place
New denture with magnetic attachment in place
Lower implant denture in place
Here at Dental Elegance we have three hygienists providing excellent treatment for regular scale and polishes as well as for gum disease mild to advanced , that may present with bleeding gums.
Regular visits to the hygienist are essential to remove any tartar from the teeth , polish off any stains and monitor and improve oral hygiene techniques.
After a hygiene appointment your teeth will feel beautifully clean and with our needleless technique your visit will be pain free and comfortable
This patient came to see us for a routine examination.
He was largely unaware of the wear that was affecting his upper and lower front teeth as it had been happening over a long period of time.
Once it was explained to him that he had worn right through the hard outer enamel and was now into the softer dentine which wears ten times as fast he was keen to do something about it.
Firstly he used a home tooth whitening kit to lighten his stained teeth.
We then decided to restore the teeth with directly placed composite resin. This required no adjustment of the natural tooth, only building back the lost tooth structure. Long term this may be replaced with ceramic materials.
The lower teeth were restored first in one session, followed a few weeks later by the upper teeth.
The patient was really pleased with his new smile and was happy that his teeth were protected from the ongoing wear.
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This patient was unhappy with her crowded upper front teeth.
Having had a chat about the options she decided to go ahead with an Inman Aligner to correct the crowding. The treatment took about 8 weeks.
After this she did some home tooth whitening and we performed some simple direct composite edge bonding on her four front teeth.
A very short treatment time, no damage to the tooth structure and no costly veneers. The alignment phase took 10 weeks, during which the whitening was completed. The composite edge bonding took 1 visit.
End result a beautiful smile!
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This patient was very aware of grinding his teeth and had some uncomfortable sharp edges on his lower front teeth which had been repaired in the past but had now, some years later, chipped away.
Using photography we were able to show him how he was grinding his teeth at night and how he was wearing his teeth away. His front teeth had worn right through the enamel in some areas. This of particular concern as the softer dentine underlying the enamel wears ten times as fast!
This patient wanted to protect his teeth and was keen on restoring them rather than just wearing a night-guard to protect from the grinding. He did not want porcelain veneers or crowns and was keen a solution that was as gentle as possible to his teeth.
The lower teeth were restored in one visit and the upper teeth in the same way two weeks later. The upper and lower front six teeth were restored with direct composite bonding and no tooth structure was removed to do this. No anaesthetic was needed as we were purely adding to what was already there.
The direct bonding was adjusted so that the patient could still grind on it and fit his teeth together comfortably. The patient will go on to have a night guard made to protect his new smile as he’ll almost certainly carry on grinding.
The patient was thrilled with the improvement to his smile made by simply replacing what he had worn away!
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This patient came to us very unhappy with the appearance of her dark lateral incisor.
The tooth had been root treated and had subsequently gone dark. She was getting married in 7 weeks and didn’t have the time to bleach all of her teeth as this would have meant she would have to change the crown on one of her other front teeth.
We decided to just bleach the dark tooth.
Custom made tooth whitening trays were produced and the patient used a strict tooth whitening protocol over only three days at home to achieve this amazing result! No need for expensive and potentially destructive crowns or veneers and at a fraction of the price.
She is very pleased that she won’t have a dark tooth spoiling her wedding photos and she’ll be back in the future to whiten the rest.
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This patient from Kent was concerned about her crooked smile. Many patients with teeth like this often think that Veneers are their only solution.
Instead, the patient had her teeth aligned with an Inman Aligner over 11 weeks. She only needed to wear it for 16-20 hours a day meaning it can be taken out for going out and eating. She was also able to whiten her teeth at the same time- saving time which is also a big advantage over fixed braces. Straight after some simple edge bonding was carried out turning her smile into something beautiful and natural without any tooth needed to be removed.
The Process of ABB (aligning bleaching and bonding) is dramatically changing the way that cosmetic dentistry is being carried out- Meaning it is far less risky, and far more affordable to more patients.
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This young man came to us very self conscious about his smile and particularly one of his upper lateral incisors which had been repaired a number of times and kept on breaking. He was also unhappy about the position of his upper right canine which was crowded and left high in his smile.
He did not want to have orthodontic treatment at this time so we discussed other options.
Initially we felt that tooth whitening would help him to feel better about his smile and we then looked at composite bonding or porcelain veneers as options for improving the appearance of the upper right teeth. He chose the former of these two options.
After three weeks of tooth whitening the upper right canine and lateral incisor were built up in a single appointment with composite resin.
The patient was very happy with the result which he says has enabled him to smile without being conscious he is even doing it.
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This young man came to us very self conscious about his crossed over front teeth.
He had thought about veneers but did not want to do any damage to his existing tooth structure and I very much agreed. Orthodontics was a much more attractive option but he was put off by the long treatment times of some invisible brace systems or fixed braces. I suggested that we use the Inman Aligner.
An Inman aligner was used over roughly 16 weeks to straighten his upper front teeth. He then used a home tooth whitening kit to really finish things off in style. We were both very happy with the result!
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