Cape Town Dentist
My front teeth are skew
Skew or overlapping front teeth are one of the most common reasons patients are not happy with their smiles. Our unique case here shows some severe overlapping of the front 2 centrals. Our teeth are constantly changing and moving due to stress factors applied from all sides to...
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Chipped front teeth and uneven biting edges
Teeth grinding and the ageing process are major factors that cause excessive stress and wear that leads to chipping of our front teeth. The moment the edges of front teeth start to chip it is impossible to hide and immediate help is needed. Our front teeth are the first thing we show when we...
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My Front Teeth Are All The Same Length
Contrary to what many people think our front teeth must not all be the same length. The front 2 central incisors must always be a fraction longer than the laterals. Often by just lenghtening the 2 frontal incisors slightly can add years back to your smile. As we age our front teeth wear down...
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Front Teeth are Too Long or Too Short
The colour, width, shape and length of your front teeth play a crucial role in defining your smile! Longer front teeth are often associate with youthfullness, but too long is also a smile stopper. Similair if the front teeth are too short then you might appear to look older due to a worned...
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Front Teeth Too Big or Too Small
Size really matters when it comes to our front teeth and when teeth are too big or too small for your particular face shape, everything looks out of relation and harmony. With advances in Cosmetic Dentistry we can now easily change the shape and form of your teeth to better suit a particular...
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My Teeth Are Too Yellow
Are you happy with the colour of your teeth? Have years of smoking, coffee, tea... stained your once younger looking smile? Are you TIRED of having yellow teeth and feels FRUSTRATED every time you open your mouth? Time and time again we see it is a new whiter and brighter smile that bring...
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Mind The Gap
If you look like Madonna the gap between your front teeth will be one of your trademarks, but for most of us, gaps between teeth place unnecessary negative attention to our smiles! If it is only a central space between your front teeth or spaces between numerious teeth, cosmetic dentistry...
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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 makeover 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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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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