The new year is the perfect time to set resolutions that can improve your health, confidence and well-being. However, we often overlook the importance of dental health. A bright, healthy smile can have a powerful impact on your appearance, self-esteem and overall health.
Here are five resolutions to help improve your dental health and achieve a healthy, radiant smile:
A healthy smile is not only about aesthetics, it's an important part of your overall health and well-being. Make 2025 a year to prioritise your dental health and regain confidence in your smile.
Mrs P’s upper incisors had always been missing and she wanted to improve the symmetry of her smile. Cathleen Perrin used tooth-coloured cosmetic bonding to reshape her canines to look more like incisors and to make her two front teeth slightly longer and more symmetrical.
Miss P saw Cathleen Perrin for tooth-coloured composite bonding to minimise the gap between her two front teeth and improve symmetry; whitening brightened her smile.
Mr M had several missing and worn teeth and was referred to Elmsleigh House for dental implants. He saw Kit Spears from the dental implant team, who found that the significant wear on his teeth had been caused by teeth grinding (bruxism), which had caused teeth to be lost due to cracking. He therefore needed to take a whole-mouth approach to plan treatment to distribute the biting forces more evenly.
The plan to treat Mr M’s existing teeth involved: reshaping the gum around his two upper front teeth to improve gum height in order to increase the bonding area of the composite resin and improve appearance. Restoration of ten front teeth (two upper and eight lower) in composite resin based on wax model planning. Restoration of a further ten teeth with ceramic crowns and onlays as well as a four-unit ceramic bridge on the upper left.
The plan to replace Mr M’s missing teeth involved: three implants to replace his upper right lateral incisor, lower right first molar and lower left first molar; two implants to secure a four-unit bridge on his upper right; and two implants to secure a three-unit bridge to replace his fractured canine and both adjacent teeth.
After some months of healing to ensure integration, these were restored with implant crowns or bridges made to match the look and colour of his other teeth. A mouthguard was made to protect from wear.
Mr M’s case study won Kit the Implant: multiple teeth category in Dentistry’s Clinical Case Awards; Kit also won Young Implant Dentist in the 2023 Clinical Dentistry Awards.
Kit Spears and Hugh Cowley offer expertise in dental implants at Elmsleigh House, and accept referrals.
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For more information or to book an appointment, please contact the Welcome Team on 01252 713797, email info@elmsleighhouse.co.uk or visit www.elmsleighhouse.co.uk.
If you have any questions about our treatments or wish to spread the cost of larger treatment plans such as dental implants or teeth straightening, please get in touch with our Patient Coordinator, Georgie Price, on 01252 595503 or email georgie@elmsleighhouse.co.uk.
Many thanks and we look forward to welcoming you to Elmsleigh House Dental Clinic.
