When I first got the braces on my teeth for the first few days it was difficult to get used to. After the first week I became comfortable with them.

I’ve had the braces on for 9 weeks now and already seen a dramatic change.

I’m very pleased with how the treatment is working so far. Many people have commented noticing a difference in my teeth.

Up until 15 yrs ago dental implants were available but not a routine treatment option. Over the recent years however they are becoming a more popular option for replacing missing teeth.

Last week I placed an immediate implant to replace an upper central incisor (Front tooth). The tooth needed extracting as a result of failing root canal treatment. After careful planning our decision was to carefully extract the tooth and place the implant on the same day. By doing this we hope to maintain the gum levels as they are to provide us with a natural aesthetic final result.

Careful extraction of the tooth using an atraumatic technique allows for bone preservation, allowing an implant to be fixed directly into the extraction site. If we waited for bone healing (6-8 weeks) in this case, the risk would have been shrinkage of the gum resulting in a considerably longer implant tooth compared to the neighbouring natural tooth. By using this relatively new and advanced technique the gum shrinkage can be kept to a minimum’

On Wednesday we said farewell to Tony Gallagher, one of our dentists, who is moving to a practice in Billingham nearer his home.

We all wish Tony the very best and thank him for all his hard work and comitment to Westlands Dental Studio.