Auksteja, UAB

• Prosthodontics is the restoration of damaged tooth tissues, individual teeth, or tooth arches. The main goal is to restore full chewing function and aesthetics using minimally invasive techniques and biologically compatible materials.
• Following a holistic approach, treatment starts with a comprehensive diagnosis of the patient’s stomatognathic system, utilizing advanced 3D digital dentistry technologies. These technologies provide detailed 3D radiographic and intraoral scanner images, enabling professionals to create highly accurate and individualized treatment plans. They allow for discussions on treatment stages, duration, results, costs, and other treatment alternatives.
• Digital prosthodontics represents a new era in digital dentistry. The integration of digital 3D imaging, digital manufacturing, and software into diagnostic and treatment processes ensures greater precision at every stage of the workflow, providing patients with the best possible results in the most comfortable conditions.
• One of the remarkable technologies is 3D intraoral scanners, which replace the traditional process of taking impressions by eliminating the need for impression materials in the mouth. This is good news for patients who struggle with gag reflex or stronger nausea.

• A dental implant is a substitute for a natural tooth root, typically made of ceramic or titanium, which is surgically placed into the jawbone in the location of a missing or extracted tooth root. Implants are used to restore one, multiple, or all teeth.
• There are various methods to restore a lost tooth, but only implants allow for the complete restoration of both the root and the crown. Teeth are restored without grinding down or loading adjacent teeth. If needed, a temporary tooth or teeth can be attached to the implant, which will later be replaced with permanent teeth.
• Dental implants offer advantages that cannot be provided by other tooth restoration options, such as dentures or bridges.
• One of the major advantages of an implant is that it restores chewing capacity. Other solutions for replacing missing teeth, such as partial dentures, do not replicate the same biting force.
• A dental bridge can last an average of about 10 years, while dental implants can serve a lifetime.

• Qualified periodontists or surgeons at the “Aukštėja” clinic perform the extraction of wisdom teeth. The extracted tooth socket is filled with platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and ozone therapy is applied to ensure rapid and safe healing.
• In up to 90% of cases, a chronic infection focus can develop in the place of a wisdom tooth. This becomes an open “immunological gateway,” allowing microorganisms and their toxins to bypass the immune system and enter the body, leading to various diseases.
• Wisdom teeth are the last permanent teeth to erupt. These teeth usually appear in people aged 17-25. Some people never have their wisdom teeth erupt, while others experience their eruption normally, just like other molars, without causing any problems.
• Unfortunately, most people’s jaws do not have enough space in the dental arch for wisdom teeth to erupt in the right direction and develop normally. They either do not erupt or partially erupt, and are therefore called impacted or unerupted teeth.
• If wisdom teeth cause health problems (pain, periodontal diseases, damage to neighboring teeth or bone, formation of cysts), or when planning orthodontic treatment, consultation with an experienced surgeon or periodontist is needed to determine the need for extraction.

• Cosmetic dentistry is both an art and a science. Cosmetic tooth filling restores the shape, color, function, and harmony of the smile.
• Cosmetic filling is performed by a dentist with extensive experience in smile design and a high level of expertise.
• Microscopy technologies are used during filling to ensure accuracy and preserve healthy tissues.
• Layering techniques, artistic brushes, and innovative biomimetic materials are used to perfectly restore the micro and macro structure, color, and form of the tooth.
• Beauty is a sequence of certain proportions. The queen of these sequences is called the Golden Ratio, described in 1202 by one of the most famous mathematicians of that time – Fibonacci.
• Nature is amazing, and everyone agrees. But it is not just “beautiful,” it is a “smart and powerful mathematician.” Our body, facial features, and smile are good examples – they are not identical, but they reflect the golden ratio in their size, shape, and proportion.

• The most advanced methodology for treating worn teeth is based on a holistic approach to human health, creating a flawless smile line and functionally restoring worn occlusion and the masticatory system.
• The masticatory system is interconnected with other systems in our body, which are activated by dental contacts during chewing, an average of 15,000 times a day. The loss of dental contacts through wear or erosion reduces this activation.
• Tooth wear is a multifactorial phenomenon, so targeted treatment begins only after comprehensive diagnostics, including a thorough medical history, a complete examination of the masticatory system, and the development of an individualized treatment plan.
• If the cause of tooth wear is parafunctional movements known as bruxism or if symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) are observed, a holistic approach is applied to ensure long-term results.
• We collaborate with neurologists, radiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, dieticians, psychologists, osteopaths, kinesiotherapists, homeopaths, and functional medicine specialists.

• The root canal system of teeth is a complex network of dentinal canals with different diameters.
• Bacteria that enter the root canal system cause inflammation.
• The microscope allows the dentist to see and assess the structure and changes in dental tissues that are not visible to the naked eye.
• During treatment, infected and inflamed dental pulp tissues are removed, the canals are thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, shaped, and filled with a special biocompatible material called gutta-percha.
• A tooth treated endodontically should be restored with a filling and/or crown as soon as possible to prevent bacteria from re-entering the root canal system and to reduce the risk of tooth and root fracture. The endodontist always works in a team with other dentists who restore the form and function of the tooth.
• High-quality endodontic root canal treatment and prompt and appropriate tooth restoration lead to successful and long-lasting results.

Clinic Aukštėja has been the market leader in Lithuania’s dental healthcare sector for 25 years. The company’s primary activities include dental services, medical consulting, scientific research and innovation. 

Aukštėja also conducts scientific research and trains future talent. In 2013, the clinic established the very first Craniomandibular Function Research Center (CMD) in the Baltic states, where the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) disorders and conditions affecting the jaw joints, surrounding muscles and ligaments are diagnosed and treated. Common TMJ symptoms include jaw tenderness, headaches, earaches and facial pain. 

Our overall objective is to help patients eliminate existing dental issues and related health problems using ecological, minimal invasive and holistic approaches. Did you know that your oral health offers clues about your overall health — or that problems in your mouth can affect the rest of your body? A holistic approach enables us to address the reasons for a wide range of diseases stemming from compromised oral health. Many illnesses today, such as, atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, are driven by dental infections and dysfunctions. The clinic’s mission is to improve your oral and overall health by providing the very best advice, care and treatment currently available. 

• Veneers is the most aesthetic and long-lasting solution for dental prosthetics.
• Veneers are a minimally invasive aesthetic prosthetic that preserves healthy dental tissue.
• With ultra-thin, multi-layered translucent non-metal ceramic veneers, stunning smiles are created.
• Veneers can change the color and shape of teeth, restore chipped teeth, straighten misaligned teeth, and correct damage caused by bruxism (tooth grinding).
• Ceramic dental veneers not only create a beautiful smile but also protect teeth from sensitivity to cold and heat. Over time, they retain their color, shine, resist staining, and are more resistant to wear.
• Functional-aesthetic restorations precisely restore all anatomical structures of the tooth, such as cusps and grooves, which are crucial for proper chewing, maintaining a correct bite, and supporting a fully functional chewing system.