Archive for June, 2007
June 17, 2007 at 10:35 pm by Ian Kerr
Filed under Clinical Cases
The next three cases were all done by Russell Blanchard, and they all show just why he has developed such an excellent reputation for this sort of work.
Russell has trained extensively in this area of cosmetic dentistry and focuses a great deal of his time on the restoration of “tired looking” smiles using porcelain veneers to change the shape, colour and alignment of those teeth that are affecting the smile.
In the first two cases you can see that he needed to alter all of the visible teeth but in the third case you can see he was able to transform a smile by treating the four front teeth only.
June 17, 2007 at 10:26 pm by Ian Kerr
Filed under Clinical Cases
The case below shows a smile built up by hand using direct, fibre reinforced composite fillings to restore the front teeth to their original size.
The teeth had become very worn, mainly as a result of a high consumption of acid drinks such as orange use and cola combined with night time grinding. There was no drilling to the teeth as we were keen to preserve any remaining sound tooth tissue.
In cases such as these it is always necessary to review the result a few days later to complete the final polish and complete any minor alterations. The photos below are of the same case taken 2 weeks later. The patient reported no problems with the build ups and was very happy with the result.
June 11, 2007 at 10:33 pm by Ian Kerr
Filed under Clinical Cases
The following photos are from a recent, very successful case that I completed a few weeks ago. The patient was delighted with the improvements to her smile and I was really pleased with the ways I had been able to protect her very heavily filled and worn down teeth from further damage. You can see from the pictures that most of the back teeth were very heavily filled and some had begun to chip and fracture. On this occasion the patient decided to have the teeth restored before any more damage was done.
The beauty of a case like this is that we can achieve excellent results with the absolute minimum of removal of sound healthy tooth tissue. The whole of the smile was improved using direct “add on” white fillings with only one (existing) crown being redone.
If you would like to know more about this sort of work and how it might help you then please call the surgery on 01580 752202 and ask to speak to Vikki Eaton, our treatment co-ordinator.
Enjoy the pictures.
June 11, 2007 at 10:15 pm by Ian Kerr
Filed under General
I have just got back from an amazing weekend in Turku, Finland where I was attending the everStick 10-year anniversary. “everStick” is a product that we use in dentistry to restore very broken down teeth, often avoiding the need for a laboratory made crown. It is an amazing product and it is transforming the way that we think about dentistry.
I was lucky enough to be involved in the presentations through my work with Jansie van Rensburg who has been working with these fibres for many years. Jansie and I gave a brief lecture each to a group of interested dentists, here in the UK before we went to Finland and the response on both occasions was very positive. We hope to give many more lectures and hands on courses over the next few months and years and I hope to return to Finland soon to further my skills in this very exciting area in dentistry.
Clearly it wasn’t all work over in Turku and we were treated to a splendid day touring the stunning archipelago that surrounds this south west coast of Finland. I’ve posted a photo of this trip, just to show that I do occasionally leave my surgery.
