Oakleigh Dental Centre

A bridge is designed to provide a patient who is missing a tooth or teeth in the same area of the mouth, the opportunity to have a false tooth made to fill the existing space. This is done by crowning the teeth on either side of the space and attaching a false tooth/teeth to the crowns.

A crown can be made from either gold or porcelain and is a cap that is specially designed to cover a tooth. Teeth are generally crowned for either: - cosmetic reasons - the tooth may have fractured or a considerable amount of the tooth is filling, leaving the tooth weak and susceptible to further breakage. - the tooth may have had Root Canal Treatment and is therefore weak and liable to fracture.

Invisalign straightens your teeth with results you'll notice sooner than you think. The course of treatment involves changing aligners approximately every two weeks, moving your teeth into straighter position step by step, until you have a more beautiful smile. And unlike braces, these clear aligners can be removed while you eat and brush your teeth as usual.

Zoom 2! is performed in the dental chair. It consists of a light activated whitening gel with an active ingredient of hydrogen peroxide being placed onto your teeth. As the gel is exposed to a laser light the hydrogen peroxide is broken down, allowing oxygen to enter the tooth enamel and dentine, bleaching away discolouration of the enamel and dentine whilst the structure of the tooth remains unchanged. Depending on the severity of the discolouration we may need to apply the whitening gel in a couple of applications, the whole process however shouldn't take any longer than an hour and a half. We will then send you home with some gel that you can apply at home in the next week.