John was scared of the dentist and had not attended for over 20 years. He was at a stage where all his back teeth had broken and his remaining front upper and lower teeth were decayed and wearing extensively. After his first visit at Parrock Street Dental Care with Rik he overcome his phobia and was comfortable with attending the dentist. He was able to have reconstructive treatment to replace his missing back teeth, increase his bite and a smile makeover to improve the colour and appearance of his teeth and smile. He has regained his self confidence and smiles effortlessly. ”Coming to this practice is lovely” See his video testimonial below.

Ann had not attended the dentist for a while due to her phobia. She presented with very loose lower teeth due to gum disease which needed removal and replacement. After careful planning including a ct scan the lower teeth were removed and replaced with implants at the same visit. At this visit a prefabricated lower denture was modified and attached to the dental implants. Ann had same day fixed teeth and is very pleased with her new teeth and smile. She is even more happy with her new confidence with her smile and attending the dentist.

There he observed live surgery involving the most advanced procedures to treat patients with missing and failing teeth.

Patients attended with insufficient bone in areas requiring dental implants to replace missing teeth.

In the back part of the upper jaw a procedure called a sinus augmentation/graft procedure was carried out. This involved accessing and lifting the upper jaw sinus lining and placing an artificial graft material and occasionally simultaneous implant placement. The graft material encourages natural bone formation and this is allowed to heal with implant placement for about 6 months.

The best form of graft material is natural bone from the patient in another part of the mouth. In other areas with bone deficiency natural bone was taken either from the chin or back part of the lower jaw and fixated to the deficiency and allowed to heal. After 3-4 months this bone usually heals and corrects the deficiency to enable implant placement.

Where there were deficiencies making the area for implant placement too thin advanced procedures were learnt to expand the ridge avoiding a bone graft to allow simultaneous implant placement. Likewise where there were small deficiencies in bone height in the back part of the upper jaw simple techniques were observed to increase the height for simultaneous implant placement.

All in all a great 3 day experience which will benefit those of our patients with missing teeth, dentures and failed bridgework and crowns greatly in achieving fixed naturally looking and functioning teeth.

“Previously I have had pretty bad experiences within dentistry with my previous dentists, i was pretty scared of having dental treatment- on a scale of 1-10 10 being the most petrified i was around 7-8.
Once i came to Parrock Street Dental Care, my view on dentistry changed, Rik is absolutely brilliant- there is no comparison. I was made to feel very calm and very informed which gave me a feeling of total trust. The dental treatment that i invested in has made me feel like a different person, i am SO confident now, i can’t stop smiling. My advise to any patients who are anxious/nervous is that you have nothing at all to worry about. I have never been treated so well”

After seeing a wax-up preview of what the final smile would look like we agreed to proceed with treatment. (See Smile Design Page)

Read on to see what a difference her treatment has made to her life.

“Thank-you for my lovely teeth. You have radically changed my smile but the most important thing my new smile has done has been to give me back my confidence and be the person i have always wanted to be.  My family love the new me and so do I. It was worth every penny and i would recommend it to anyone!!” Susie