Cape Town Dentist

My one dark front tooth

Often a front tooth can be more yellow, grey or just darker than the other teeth and draws negative attention to this area. The main factor in causing this is a 'dead' nerve due to many possible causes. Home test: Press a small block of ice against this tooth. With a 'dead' tooth you will not...
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Unsightly and Defective Metal Fillings

In a full smile when your back teeth normally show are your teeth free from stains / discolourations and unsightly metal restorations? Amalgam(metal) restorations used to be the standard many years ago to fill our teeth, but today due to health risks and better white alternatives we...
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The Necks of My Teeth Have Indentations or Grooves

Look at the necks of your teeth along the gum line. Can you see or feel with your fingernail any grooves on the 'necks' of these teeth? This is caused by mechanical/chemical factors. It is important to repair these defects (abfraction or erosion lesions) as this is in effect a loss of enamel...
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My Wife Says I Snore At Night

Are you tired or embarrassed by your snoring? Are you the one responsible for keeping your spouse or friends from having a good night's sleep? Many spouses are forced to sleep in separate bedrooms and the whole family is usually affected in one way or the...
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The Smile Consultation

OUR nr. 1 SERVICE! We believe that all dentistry should be viewed through a cosmetic and esthetic lense to provide the highest overall satisfactory outcome. Our teeth and  smiles form the nr. 1 building block of our esthetic being and facial...
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The Smile Makeover

Invest In Your Smile You Wear It Every Day!  If you were not blessed with a picture perfect smile, do not worry. Most of the beautiful Hollywood smiles out there were not born that way, but needed a little help. A smile make-over is a comprehensive cosmetic...
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What is DSD

When your dentist makes you a new dental crown, dental veneer or dental bridge how does he know what the size, shape and colour must be? When you want 4 or 6 front teeth done in veneers or crowns this question becomes even more important. How about when doing a full makeover? Is...
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Design your Smile

What Type Of Smile Suits You?When more than 1 front tooth need attention, the need to look beyond the teeth becomes more important. The shape of the face, the type of smile and teeth shape, colour and form becomes part of the whole way of thinking in designing your new smile. Different smile...
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DSD Planning(5 Steps)

The DSD process follows a specific flow and consist of 5 steps. We first take photos to capture your current situation and then to transfer these to the 2D and 3D designing steps. After the designing we transfer the prototype over to your mouth so you can 'test-drive' your new smile. The...
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Choose the option below that best describe your smile

Your Smile Make Over starts here!First try to identify all your 'problem' areas. Usually a Make Over takes place by changing the colour, shape or alignment of your 4, 6 or 8 front teeth. Kindly check your smile (front and side views) in a close-up mirror. With our unique Smile Analysis you...
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Tray Teeth Whitening

What is it? Tray whitening (Home whitening or Custom Tray whitening) is a bleaching process that lightens discoloration of enamel and dentine. The system uses a mild solution retained in a custom-fitted tray that is worn over your teeth.  The 2-Step Process During your...
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Planning

90 Minutes is mostly all that is needed to get a new full porcelain metal-free crown, veneer or filling! Digital dentistry has changed the way we plan, design and manufacture dental restorations today. The nett effect is improved quality, more cost effective and the amazing SPEED...
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Step 1 (Imaging)

After the consultation and planning, we prepare and shape the tooth following the biomimetric principles to remove the least amount of enamel and tooth structure. Decayed and weakened tooth structure(too thin and cracks) are cleaned out and eliminated leaving a healthy and strong...
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Step 2 (Designing)

The tooth prepping and optical impression is now finished and the next step in the cerec procedure can start. The patient can now relax and watch our roof TV programmes or sit up and have some time out. The dentist will start the designing of the restoration and all the initial planning and...
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Step 3 (Milling)

After the final design and completion of the new restoration on the 3D cerec software, the dentist is now ready for the next step. A high quality ceramic block that matches your tooth shade is placed in the special cerec milling unit and is ready to be milled. Fine diamond burs under water...
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The 1 Visit Cerec Method

The new CEREC 3D SYSTEM can manufacture porcelain white fillings(Inlays/Onlays/Overlays), porcelain veneers, full ceramic crowns and metal-free bridges in just ONE visit! Let’s talk about concealing once and for all your “dental history” with WHITE...
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Cerec Fillings (Inlays/Onlays)

When a dental filling replaces more than 50% of the tooth structure, the strength of the material of the dental filling becomes very important. Porcelain is then the material of choice to ensure longterm strength and structural stability. Unlike other traditional restorations cerec...
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Cerec Veneers

Cerec veneers make it possible to now design, produce and fit these delicate restorations in one visit. With the incorporation of smile design, the CEREC method becomes an essential link in the digital work flow to produce any design element exactely as the prototype and planned...
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Cerec Crowns

With cerec technology creating a full metal-free porcelain crown is now possible in a single appointment. Conventional methods made use of time consuming porcelain build up techniques and require several bakes in a special furnace. The cerec method uses CAD CAM technology that cuts...
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Cerec Bridge

Although dental implants are ussually the ideal choice to replace a missing tooth, dental bridges provide a good alternative. With cerec we can now also mill these metal-free restorations to provide the full spectrum of treatment options. Unlike conventional bridges that are...
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Cerec Make Overs

Fancy an instant change or makeover? With porcelain veneers or crowns, we can literally transform your smile to change the colour, size and shape to correct misaligned or skew teeth. With cerec this is now possible in literally just 1 visit! Careful planning is necessary upfront...
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Why Do I Need Maintenance?

Since the day our first tooth came in, dental plaque gets a stronghold in our mouths and attaches to the tooth structure. From here on we fight a constant battle to remove and keep this BIOFILM (dental plaque and their excretions) away from our teeth. Failure to...
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Smile Analysis- Identify your problem areas

Your Smile Make Over starts here!First try to identify all your 'problem' areas. Usually a Make Over takes place by changing the colour, shape or alignment of your 4, 6 or 8 front teeth. Kindly check your smile (front and side views) in a close-up mirror. With our unique Smile Analysis you...
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Cosmetic Dentistry Cape Town

At Myteeth our main focus is on the Aesthetic and Cosmetic aspect of your smile. We can change your teeth's colour, shape, size and 3D position to create the smile you've always wanted! If you are serious about Teeth Whitening, Porcelain Veneers, 1 Visit...
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Dental Exam & Cavity Check

Most people need to see the dentist every 6 months to ensure optimum dental health. 6 Months is enough time for most of us to develop tooth decay (caries) and treatment start with diagnosing these lesions. What Happens At The Dental Exam? Greetings and Medical/Dental HistoryAfter...
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