Cosmodent

Gold Fillings

Gold filling is the oldest and best-documented treatment for filling cavities for more than 4000years. Direct gold restorations exhibit excellent marginal integrity and biocompatibility in the oral environment. This noble metal is a superior restorative material for small defects and large carious lesions. Direct gold restorations are highly durable ,resistant to corrosion, shows no shrinkage or expansion and is an ideal dental filling material.

Tooth Colour Fillings

Composite resins, or tooth-colored fillings, provide good durability and resistance to fracture in small- to mid-size fillings that need to withstand moderate pressure from the constant stress of chewing. They can be used on either front or back teeth. They are a good choice for people who prefer that their fillings look more natural. Tooth-colored fillings are now used more often than amalgam or gold fillings, probably due to cosmetics. In a society focused on a white, bright smile, people tend to want fillings that blend with the natural color of their teeth.

Root Canal Treatment

Root canal treatment is an often straightforward procedure to relieve dental pain and save your teeth. Patients typically need a root canal when there is inflammation or infection in the roots of a tooth. During root canal treatment, an endodontist who specializes in such treatment carefully removes the pulp inside the tooth, cleans, disinfects and shapes the root canals, and places a filling to seal the space.

Extraction

Extraction is the removal of teeth from the socket in the alveolar bone. Extractions are performed for a variety of reasons, but most commonly to remove teeth which have become unrestorable through tooth decay, periodontal disease, or dental trauma . Sometimes wisdom teeth are impacted and may cause recurrent infections of the gum. In orthodontics if the teeth are crowded, sound teeth may be extracted to create space so the rest of the teeth can be straightened.

Impaction

Wisdom teeth, the last teeth to erupt between the ages of 17 to 21 are most typically impacted. Wisdom teeth likely become impacted because of a mismatch between the size of the teeth and the size of the jaw. Impacted wisdom teeth are classified by their direction of impaction, their depth compared to the biting surface of adjacent teeth and the amount of the tooth's crown that extends through gum tissue or bone. Screening of wisdom teeth begins in late adolescence, commonly includes clinical examination as well as x-rays such as panoramic radiographs. The most common treatment of recurrent pericoronitis is wisdom tooth removal.

Fixed & Removable Dentures

A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth and surrounding tissues. Two types of dentures are available -- complete and partial dentures. Complete dentures are used when all the teeth are missing, while partial dentures are used when some natural teeth remain.A removable partial denture or bridge usually consists of replacement teeth attached to a pink or gum-colored plastic base, which is sometimes connected by metal framework that holds the denture in place in the mouth. Partial dentures are used when one or more natural teeth remain in the upper or lower jaw. A fixed bridge replaces one or more teeth by placing crowns on the teeth on either side of the space and attaching artificial teeth to them. This "bridge" is then cemented into place. Not only does a partial denture fill in the spaces created by missing teeth, it prevents other teeth from changing position. A precision partial denture is removable and has internal attachments rather than clasps that attach to the adjacent crowns. This is a more natural-looking appliance.

Crowns & Bridges

A crown is a cap or covering for a tooth. It is used when your tooth is discoloured, cracked or broken, heavily filled or if fillings have been lost. A dental bridge is a ceramic structure, spanning the gap left by a missing or extracted tooth. A ceramic tooth (pontic) is fused between two or more porcelain crowns on either side of the missing tooth that serve as anchors. The anchor teeth are shaped to accommodate the crowns, and then a bridge is bonded securely over these teeth.

Complete Denture

Complete dentures can be either "conventional" or "immediate." Made after the teeth have been removed and the gum tissue has begun to heal, a conventional denture is ready for placement in the mouth about eight to 12 weeks after the teeth have been removed.Unlike conventional dentures, immediate dentures are made in advance and can be positioned as soon as the teeth are removed. As a result, the wearer does not have to be without teeth during the healing period. However, bones and gums shrink over time, especially during the healing period following tooth removal. Therefore a disadvantage of immediate dentures compared with conventional dentures is that they require more adjustments to fit properly during the healing process and generally should only be considered a temporary solution until conventional dentures can be made.

Fixed & Removable Orthodontics

Dental plaque is a film of bacteria that forms on the teeth is the main cause of gum disease. This film is called as biofilm which causes pockets between teeth and their surrounding gums, in which plaque hardens into deposits known as calculus or tartar. The purpose of having your teeth cleaned by a professional is to remove the deposits of plaque and calculus. This process of removal of hard deposits is called as scaling. This is done either by hand scaling or ultrasonic power scalers.

Gum Surgery

Dental plaque is a film of bacteria that forms on the teeth is the main cause of gum disease. This film is called as biofilm which causes pockets between teeth and their surrounding gums, in which plaque hardens into deposits known as calculus or tartar. The purpose of having your teeth cleaned by a professional is to remove the deposits of plaque and calculus. This process of removal of hard deposits is called as scaling. This is done either by hand scaling or ultrasonic power scalers.

Basic Dental Therapy