This lady wanted a cosmetic improvement in her front four upper teeth, especially the black gum around an old crown. We did four all-ceramic crowns with a custom design to block out the dark colour of the stumps of her teeth underneath. What an [Read More]
Case Studies
This section tells the stories of some of the patients we have helped with a variety of prosthodontic dental treatments.
REPLACEMENT IMPLANT BRIDGE -BRANEMARK NOVUM
After having received complex implant treatment from a world renowned oral and maxillo-facial surgeon in the United States about 15 years ago, this patient returned to Northland to find he needed repair work on his broken Branemark Novum lower [Read More]
COSMETIC CROWNS AND PRECISION PARTIAL DENTURES
This patient was frustrated with her previous dentist and the treatment provided which did not meet up to her expectations. Subsequent repair work made the appearance of the upper denture even worse. She was unhappy with the appearance of her upper [Read More]
ALSO COSMETIC CROWNS AND PRECISION PARTIAL DENTURES
Unsightly broken, cracked front teeth and horrible metal clips on her upper partial denture (plate)was the motivation for this lady to have a full mouth rehabilitation. It shows how the treatment can be done without implants and hence avoiding [Read More]
ALL-ON-FOUR LOWER JAW IMPLANT BRIDGE – PORCELAIN FUSED TO METAL
This patient had advanced gum disease of his lower teeth. He did not want to wear a removable complete lower denture and requested to have a fixed All-on-Four implant bridge. All of his lower teeth were extracted , four implants placed at the same [Read More]
FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION – COMPLETE MAKEOVER
Multiple previous crowns done sequentially (rather than all at the same time) by different dentists over the years resulted in unsightly errors for this patient in terms of cosmetic appearance. This patient was looking for a complete makeover and [Read More]
COSMETIC MAKEOVER WITH CROWNS AND PRECISION METAL PARTIAL DENTURES
This lady decided that she would like to dramatically change her appearance as she headed towards traveling around the world. In the upper jaw, she had six metal-ceramic crowns on her upper front teeth with built-in ledges and attachments at the [Read More]
REPLACEMENT UPPER CROWNS
This young lady was kicked in the face by a cow, when she was a teenager and lost some front teeth. After many years of orthodontic treatment by a specialist orthodontist to move her other front teeth around, as well as placement of an implant by a [Read More]
UPPER JAW CERAMIC IMPLANT BRIDGE WITH ZYGOMA (CHEEK-BONE) IMPLANTS
This discerning patient had missing teeth and did not have much upper jaw bone for normal implants. He elected to have 4 very long implants into his check-bones along with one normal length implant. A full-arch fixed temporary plastic bridge was [Read More]
BUSINESS MAN MAKEOVER
This businessman had a precision upper denture linking into crowns and lower fixed implant bridge. Some of his upper natural teeth were able to have precision crowns on and a precision partial denture (plate) clipped into them to replace his front [Read More]