Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
Tooth shade selection matches a veneer or crown to your own teeth by hue, chroma, value, translucency and surface texture, checked under more than one light.
A dental bone graft rebuilds lost jawbone so an implant has enough bone to anchor in; after extraction the ridge loses 29-63% of its width within six months.
Across nine long-term studies of 527 single implants followed at least ten years, survival was 95.0% at implant level and 93.8% at patient level.
Pooled across 20 studies, 40% of pregnant women had periodontitis. Here is which dental work belongs before conception and what fluoride does and does not do.
Across 580 porcelain veneers followed up to 12 years, survival was 99% inside enamel and 94% with enamel only at the margins. Smile design matches tooth shape, shade and alignment to face, lip and jaw.
In NHANES 2009 to 2012, 46 per cent of US adults aged 30 and over had periodontitis and 8.9 per cent the severe form. Inflamed gums are the early, reversible end of a spectrum that ends in bone loss.
A full-mouth reconstruction is several treatments planned as one. A meta-analysis of 55 studies put All-on-4 implant survival at 98.14% beyond five years.
Dental bonding sculpts composite resin onto enamel and light-cures it in one visit, changing tooth shape, edge length and symmetry, usually without drilling.
Sore lips after crowns usually trace back to retraction during the visit and the anaesthetic wearing off, not the crown itself. How long it lasts, and which signs mean call the clinic.
