Dental Surgery - Jacek Wyszkowski PhD, DDS

Implants - to rebuild the lacking tooth/teeth we can use a modern implanting technique. This method consists in implantation in jaw-bone a titanic implant which imitates the natural tooth root. On the implant itself, using special links, we attach a crown, a bridge or a denture. Two implants implanted in a toothless jaw allow to hold a denture even in extremely difficult conditions.

Acrylic denture - a traditional denture used for completing partial or full lacks. The advantage of this denture is its low cost while its disadvantage is unnatural gum load followed by bone overload which results in atrophy and causes settling of prosthesis.

Endodontic treatment - root canal treatment. When caries is very deep it creates a pulp (nerve) inflammation. Inflammatory processes of low degree may be treated with proper medicines, leaving the tooth vital. However, with more advanced pulp inflammation, the tooth has to be treated endodonticly. If it’s possible the nerve is removed in local anaesthetic procedure. After an extremely precise cleaning and processing the root canal is later filled with gutta-percha, right to the very end of the canal, leaving no free space.

Onlay method - technician prepares special dental onlays, based on an impression, then a whitening gel is applied into them. Depending on its concentration, the patent wears them from one to four hours. Teeth should be carefully cleaned before the procedure and after it, the patent should not eat anything for a couple of hours. The whitening process should be repeated for at least nine evenings. The modern preparations which I recommend eg. NiteWhite contain a formula minimizing pain discomforts during such treatment. The whitening effect is long-lasting and less traumatic than single session brightening. Furthermore, the onlays can be also used for application of other medicines (fluorization, Tooth Mousse, oversensivity reducing formulas) as well as repeated whitening when the effect of brightening becomes to decline. In such case it’s enough to repeat the procedure for three nights in a row.

Porcelain facings - porcelain facings (veneers) are used when we wish to improve the shape and colour of teeth. Preparation of the tooth needs a minimal grinding from the labial side.