Category Archives: Missing Tooth

Over Denture This movie requires Flash Player Partial dentures can sometimes move as gums change shape. Securing the denture to an existing tooth can be the solution. A stud can be fixed to an adjacent tooth. The partial denture then … Continue reading →

Click here to watch on iPhone/iPad/Android This movie requires Flash Player The gap left by a missing tooth can mean greater strain is put on adjacent tooth either side. The teeth next to the space can lean into the gap or the … Continue reading →

Conventional Bridge is made by putting crowns on the teeth at either side of the space and then joining these two crowns together by placing a false tooth in the space. This is all made in the laboratory and then … Continue reading →

Denture relining Click here to watch on iPhone/iPad/Android This movie requires Flash Player Dentures sit on top of the gum. But the gum changes shape, particularly in the period following extraction. Dentures may become mobile. The denture can be relined … Continue reading →

Fixatives This movie requires Flash Player Dentures should be cleaned thoroughly … … either with warm water or a specialist denture toothpaste. Shake off excess water. Apply the fixative … … however, using too much fixative may result in ‘oozing’. … Continue reading →

Fibre Bridge This movie requires Flash Player Sometimes the most sensitive way to fill a gap … … is to utilise fillings that already exist in adjacent teeth. These fillings are removed and matching ‘wings’ attached to the bridge … … Continue reading →

Missing permanent teeth not only  result in Drift & over eruption but also can be embarrassing. It no longer has to deter you from showing off your smile while walking the streets of London. There are several options of replacing … Continue reading →