Smile Dental Practice

Our Services

Be proud of your smile with cosmetic treatment options

At Smile Dental Practice we provide a full range of cosmetic treatments using modern techniques, high quality materials and first class laboratories to give you a smile to be proud of. This is a private service enabling us to devote quality time to each patient.

We provide the full range of preventative and cosmetic treatments to give you a smile to be proud of including

Tooth coloured fillings
Ceramic Crowns
Advanced bridge work
Veneers
Whitening of teeth
Air polishing
Mouth guards
Hygienist
Cosmetic Dentistry

Tooth coloured fillings

With today's technology, white fillings (composites and inlays) can easily withstand the stress required to serve as a filling in a back tooth. Our patients now overwhelmingly prefer these fillings because of the way they look and feel, and because they strengthen weak teeth.

There is a growing concern about the safety of mercury (silver/black) fillings. We offer a replacement of the fillings with mercury-free white fillings, which are also more pleasing to the eye.

There are now many techniques available to restore broken decayed teeth which have suffered some degree of wear of the enamel surface by using a tooth coloured material. We use both composite and porcelain restorations. Both these materials are matched to your own natural tooth colour and are bonded on to your tooth, which is another benefit over old style filling materials. This bonding procedure actually makes the restored tooth stronger than the natural tooth.

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Ceramic Crowns

A crown or a “cap” is a covering placed over the top of your own natural tooth to restore it for both function and aesthetics. Crowns will greatly enhance the appearance of heavily restored, chipped, discloured or misshapen teeth. In some cases they can be used to correct a malalignment of teeth where straightening is not an option. In case of heavily filled teeth, crowns serve to protect the tooth from fracturing under the strain of chewing or grinding and indicated nearly always on root treated teeth.

Porcelain crowns are thin layers of porcelain which may be applied to the prepared tooth to dramatically improve its size, shape, and color. Porcelain crowns provide patients with a permanent aesthetic solution in just two visits.

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Porcelain Inlays

Inlays are made of pure porcelain; they are the most ideal way to restore cavities. As with white fillings the decay is removed and an impression is taken of the tooth which is then used to create a plaster-cast on which the laboratory will model an inlay. The result is an inlay which fits the cavity precisely and is indistinguishable from your natural tooth.

Bridges

A bridge is used as a permanent replacement for one or more missing teeth. They are both aesthetic and functional restoring your natural bite and preventing movement of teeth adjacent to and opposing the “gap” that would occur if left unrestored. In simple terms they can be viewed as a fixed unit comprising of crowns on the supporting teeth, with a false tooth bonded in between to “bridge the gap”. They are a very desirable alternative to a removable partial denture.

Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain veneers allows your dentist to change the colour, shape and spacing of your teeth, giving you a more attractive smile.

Veneers are used to solve the problem of stained or chipped teeth and to fill spaces between teeth. The primary function of veneers is to improve the aesthetics. A veneer is a very thin porcelain facing used to cover the front of teeth, to improve the cosmetic appearance. They are permanently attached to the original tooth and recent advances in porcelain technology make them extremely durable and a long term solution to cosmetic imperfections. They involve very minimal preparation of your own natural tooth.

All veneers are hand modeled and tailored for the individual to replicate the natural tooth in colour shape and texture. Great skill is required to produce and bond a veneer that is strong enough and yet fine enough to sit unobtrusively on the natural tooth.

In surgery teeth whitening

One of the most popular cosmetic treatments today is tooth whitening. Depending on the degree of discoloration, tooth whitening can be performed in the dental practice or in conjunction with home bleaching treatments.

In Surgery teeth whitening lightens the teeth using a photosensitive gel, which is painted onto the teeth. The whole process takes around one hour. Your gums must be healthy and teeth plaque and stain free for best results. Alternatively “home” whitening can be prescribed. A customised mouth guard into which you add a small amount of whitening gel is worn overnight and after one to two weeks your teeth will gradually lighten. The home kit can also be used to give even more whitening after In-surgery Whitening if required. Both treatments are completely safe but can only be prescribed by a professional.

In-surgery Whitening, like home-whitening, may be possible to achieve a change in the colour of your teeth by up to eight shades, however, the benefit of in-surgery whitening is the speed it takes to get results.

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Airflow

Air Polishing Machines which gently removes unsightly staining without damaging your teeth.

Dull or stained teeth can have their brightness restored simple and painlessly by a hygiene cleaning treatment. Deep calculus and stains are removed by our efficient dentist/hygienist who will be able to use a high velocity sodium bicarbonate water and air gun to remove difficult stains in hard to reach places. Clean teeth are healthy teeth.

The appearance and mouth freshness improves with cleaning. You can be sure that you are active in helping to prevent tooth decay and gum disease.

Mouth Guards

If you grind your teeth at night, you should look into mouth guards.

A night guard is a device you wear while you sleep to prevent you from damaging your teeth by clenching or grinding. Worn and cracked teeth and damaged restorations are only some of the physical consequences of grinding, which dentists called bruxing. Related problems include sore jaws, headaches, neck aches and jaw problems.

The cost of cosmetic and restorative dental procedures, not to mention the time and discomfort associated with those procedures, is an investment worth safeguarding. If you have crowns, veneers, or other types of prosthetic dental work, you may want to consider getting a night guard to protect that smile.

Hygienists and oral health

Our practice team includes an experienced hygienist for patients requiring oral hygiene treatment. A full range of dental care products are available from the practice.

Our fully qualified hygienist will clean and polish your teeth and advise you on how to care for your teeth and gums on a routine day to day basis to prevent periodontal disease. Advice is also available for the care of your children's teeth.

Cosmetic dentistry

All the above treatments can be part of a cosmetic dentistry plan for your teeth, the best way of finding out what would be most suitable for you is to see the dentist for a consultation as each individual case