2026
// Paediatric
Dental Fillings in Children: What You Need to Know
A dental filling restores a child's decayed or broken tooth using composite, amalgam or glass ionomer; the child should not eat for the first 2 hours.
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Dr Ebru İmren
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Full Mouth Dental Implants 2026: Your Complete Cost, Recovery & Transformation Guide
Full-mouth dental implants replace a whole arch on 4 to 8 implants carrying one fixed bridge or removable overdenture; treatment runs 3 to 12 months.
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Dr Ebru İmren27 min
// Paediatric
Dental Implants & Suitable Treatment Conditions
Dental implants suit adults with enough jawbone or bone that can be augmented, healthy or treatable gums and good general health; no upper age limit applies.
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Dr Ebru İmren5 min
// Paediatric
Understanding a Dead Tooth: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
A dead tooth is not a lost tooth. Pooled data from 63 longitudinal studies place the success of primary root canal treatment at 68% to 85% under strict radiographic criteria, and separate reviews report high tooth survival afterwards. Symptoms to watch for and the options that remain.
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Dr Ebru İmren7 min
// Paediatric
Care Before Planned Pregnancy
Pregnancy shifts the odds in the mouth: pooled across 20 studies, 40% of pregnant women had periodontitis and 67% showed bleeding on probing, with bleeding rising steadily through the trimesters. Which dental work belongs before conception, and what fluoride does and does not do.
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Dr Ebru İmren7 min
// Paediatric
Porcelain Crowns: Cost, Types, Longevity, and Their Link with Halitosis
In a meta-analysis of 64 studies reporting on 3,509 metal-ceramic and 8,051 all-ceramic single crowns, five-year survival was 98.5 percent for monolithic lithium disilicate, 97.1 percent for metal-ceramic and 96.8 percent for monolithic zirconia. Types, longevity, and why a crown can start to smell.
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Dr Ebru İmren5 min
// Paediatric
What Is Pediatric Dentistry?
Pediatric dentistry is prevention-led care from the first baby tooth to adolescence; early childhood caries affects 48 percent of preschool children.
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Dr Ebru İmren6 min
// Paediatric
Genetic Factors in Gum Disease and Common Gum Problems: Bleeding, Recession, Discoloration, and Their Causes
Gum disease is partly inherited: in 117 adult twin pairs about 50% of the variance in periodontitis was genetic, while gingivitis showed no heritability.
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Dr Ebru İmren6 min
// Paediatric
Removing Calculus: Why Brushing Alone Cannot Do It
Dental calculus, or tartar, is plaque mineralised onto the tooth. Brushing and home scraping cannot remove it; a clinician uses scalers or ultrasonic tools.
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Dr Ebru İmren8 min