This case is  by Russell Blanchard and used the great skill of Robin Snell at Pyramid Dental Laboratory to make the fibre reinforced bridge. The front tooth that needed replacing was loose and had drifted out of line. It had also become acutely infected. There was no chance of saving it and it needed removal. Clearly the patient did not want to have a gap at the front of her smile so Russell … [Read more...]

I have been doing way too much talking on this site recently and have not been putting up any pretty pictures. So to amend this I thought I would show you a simple treatment from this afternoon -a direct white filling to restore a broken tooth. The case shown here was completed in 1 visit (of approximately 45 minutes clinical time) and did not require local anaesthetic or significant adjustment to … [Read more...]

Every dentist who is lucky enough to stay in the same practice for many years will be able to see their successful cases come back year after year and will enjoy the great sense of satisfaction and continuity that this gives us. It will also give us the opportunity to see our failures and how we respond to this opportunity probably shapes us more as people and clinicians than any other aspect. It … [Read more...]

This case is a good example of what I do on a daily basis. The tooth in question is a lower premolar which has suffered extensive decay but is currently not causing any pain. (It should always be remembered by dentists and patients alike that tooth aches is a hopeless early warning system and almost always comes too late. The absence of pain does not = the absence of problems!) As with every … [Read more...]

No great message with these images; just that I love my job and I love working hard to save teeth for people who really want to keep them for as long as possible. I work with a fantastic team and really admire my patients for the efforts they will go to keep their teeth. These teeth have since been restored with cast restorations to keep them strong for many years to come. For a lot of people … [Read more...]