General Dentistry Services In Rowville

Root canal therapy are essentially painless procedure and have a high success rate. It helps to preserve the tooth instead of extractions and implant therapy.

Following dental anaesthesia / numbing of your teeth, a small opening on the tooth's surface is to be created to gain access to root area. The diseased or damaged pulp of a tooth will be debrided, cleaned, disinfected followed by filling and sealing the root canal area to avoid bacterial infections.

Periodontal treatments are used for various teeth, jawbone, and gum ailments. The state of your oral health largely depends on your hygiene routine.  

Unhealthy gums can recede, become swollen, or increase in redness. In more advanced stages, the gums collagen fibres and surrounding bone structure can be completely destroyed. The tooth can become mobile and movement will occur, causing problems such as bad breath and teeth to shift, your smile will be spoiled, gaps between your teeth may be formed, you may experience increased difficulties to chew or speak, causing disruption to your life style.

Periodontal diseases are persistent, ongoing infections that erode the support of your natural teeth. Most periodontal issues arise and preceded from plaque and gingivitis. Plaque is a film composed of bacteria, food particles, and other types of waste. It remains attached to your teeth at or below the gum line which produce bacteria that irritates the teeth and gums. If it isn’t removed, pockets of space will form and provide a host for periodontal disease.

 

“Mini Implant Retained Denture” is ideal for patient with minimal bone support

Missing teeth can affect your chewing, appearance, and confidence. Dentures is a removable option designed to replace missing teeth. Dentures can be made from a combination of technologically advance high strength metal free and synthetic materials, they are not only light weight, but mimic the look and feel of natural teeth.

Our clinic offers a variety of denture types that are secure, functional and cost effective to suit your need. Carefully planned and well constructed complete or partial denture, with or without implant support can improve your quality of life immediately.

Our mouths and oral conditions are constantly changing, gums can experience “shrinkage” or “recession” over time after teeth have been removal or extracted, which means that dentures need to be adjusted. Loose or ill-fitting dentures can cause sores to your gums, and will allow food particles and bacteria to congregate between your dentures and your gums, affecting the speech, appearance, chewing and confidence when you are trying to enjoying your food.

In general, every 5 – 10 years, the base of a denture may need to be re-lined because of wear and tear. Having ill fitting denture can constantly rubbing against your soft palate or roof of your mouth causing paint and ulceration. “Denture Reline” is a 1 – 2 visit procedure and can greatly improve the appearance and comfort of your denture.

Our clinic offer advance and proven solution to effectively treat TMJ problems. An occlusal splint can prevent teeth grinding which cause worn, broken tooth and painful jaw. In some cases, the TMJ can be repositioned to provide lasting pain relief. Let our dentist find the right treatment to rid you of TMJ dysfunction and get you back to normal life style.

Occlusal Splints or Night Guards 

A TMJ occlusal splint is a clear appliance made in hard acrylic recommended for patients who grind and clench their teeth at night, a condition called Bruxism. Bruxism can cause jaw joint pain and headaches. It can also create difficulty in mouth opening, talking, chewing, yawning and causing disruptions in daily life.

By wearing an occlusal splint while you sleep, it can effectively reduce the symptoms of TMJ you maybe suffering.

Custom fabricated sports mouthguard minimise the risk of broken teeth and injuries to the lips, tongue, face and jaw while playing sports. With more than 5 million teeth lost by sports activities every year, the damage caused is severe and irreversible, It is vital to wear mouthguard to protect your teeth and smile when playing any kind of physical or contact sport including: Football, netball, rugby, boxing, martial arts and mountain biking.

Mouth guards effectively prevent more than 200,000 mouth injuries annually. Our clinic proudly offer the Erkodent Mouth guard. These appliances are custom fitted and micron accurate to give you 10 times more protection than the traditional boil and bite mouth guards, available in single or multicoloured and different variety for different sports to offer the optimum protection to protect your beautiful teeth and smile.

Tooth extractions remove teeth from their socket under conditions in which they are irrecoverable or damaged beyond repair and extraction remains the only course of option. Our dentist is experienced in providing comfortable and prompt extractions which can be performed with general or local anaesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation to relieve your pain.