Dentist Kent Blog » caries/decay

Don’t put it off!

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:13 +0000

This lady knew that she needed some fillings but had been busy with life work, etc and didn’t get around to having the treatment (despite our advice!) for a year or so. She was rather horrified when we showed her this picture of what was found when we started removing the decay in her three back molar teeth. Fortunately we were able to painlessly place these great looking direct adhesive composite fillings and she’s good as new!

We prefer to use these white filling materials to dental amalgam as these materials bond to the tooth structure allowing us to keep the filling as small as possible and we believe that it will reduce the chance of chips and cracks in the teeth.

The moral of the story however! Get the treatment done as soon as you can. It will mean smaller fillings, less time in the chair, less chance of toothache and less of a dent in your wallet! And make sure you cut down on that sugar intake and keep up with the fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash afterwards.

If you know you need some treatment and you’d like your teeth back to ‘good as new’, please give us a call!

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Toothache at Christmas!

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:32:07 +0000

Its fair to say that tooth ache is going to be pretty low down on your list of Christmas presents, right? Unfortunately you never know when its going to strike and teeth seem to have a certain festive awareness, ie they pick the worst times to act up.

So you might be interested to know that here at Dental Elegance we will be open right up to Christmas and also between Christmas and New Year. You don’t have to have been to see us before so if you’ve had an altercation with a turkey bone or you found the pound in your Christmas pudding with your teeth then give us a call. We can arrange an emergency appointment for you right away.

We’re open:

Up to Christmas Eve Mon-Thurs 9-5

Christmas Eve 9-1

December 29, 30, 31 from 9-5

January 3rd Onwards Mon-Fri 9-5 and Saturdays 9-2

Have a great Christmas!

State of the Art CEREC tooth coloured restorations in Sidcup Kent

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:14:07 +0000

At Dental Elegance we provide the best up to date cad/cam generated restorations for your teeth.

We no longer provide silver metal fillings or crowns but instead use high quality ceramic blocks that are milled from computer designed images to produce beautiful, strong, bonded fillings, onlays and crowns. These have been shown by research studies to last longer than most other restorations.

Why CEREC?

-protects and preserves your own tooths structural integrity

-Ceramics are bicompatable

-only one appointment

-no impressions or temporaries

-Perfect looks, comfort and quality

-long lasting and durable

-unquestionably the most cost effective restoration we have available today.

Contact us for examination of your mouth and the possibilities of changing your old failing metal unsightly restorations.

Toothaches and Dental emergencies

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:54:31 +0000

We take great pride in achieving high success rates for saving teeth by root canal therapy using modern diagnostic tools and digital x-rays as well as apex locators and NiTi rotary preparation.

This type of care is unavailable at times if you have a toothache or the tooth is badly broken down. At Dental Elegance we can provide endodontic treatments painlessly,successfully and in comfort along with full explanations and treatment options for your dentition

White fillings

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:26:36 +0000

A patient attended our Practice from Sevenoaks in Kent, she had an old, leaking, fractured amalgam filling on her premolar tooth. We repaired this with a composite resin white filling which is bonded to the healthy remaining tooth structure. The … Continue reading →

CARIES Indicator Dye

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:20 +0000

At Dental Elegance in sidcup we check the teeth with this special dye to make sure all the decay ( caries ) has been removed before we place the final restoration such as white fillings , porcelain onlays/inlays, crowns, veneers etc . This produces longer lasting better fitting restorations and minimal sensitivity afterwards.