Smart Smiles Blog
Does an implant look like the rest of your natural teeth? That’s a tricky question. The honest answer is: sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. Some of the factors that affect the aesthetic outcome of your implant are: Bone: ...
The easy answer? Just like a natural tooth. Implants are designed to be the next best thing to your natural tooth for eating, looks, everything—and just like your natural teeth, they need to be looked after home. Just like your ...
Not all implants are the same. There are thousands of brands on the market now. However, because implants have been used for decades and our administrative drug body, the TGA, oversees the quality of implants sold in Australia, most brands ...
One of the reasons people procrastinate getting their teeth removed and replaced with dentures is because they can’t stand the thought of being toothless after having all their teeth removed in preparation for dentures. Luckily, this isn’t the case, and ...
Immediate implants are implants that are placed in the jaw at the same time a tooth is extracted. In some cases, a tooth can be removed and the implant can be placed straight after. Not always, however. Most immediate implant ...
We often get asked if we do dental implant bridges, to which we answer: sometimes! You see, there are two ways to replace multiple missing teeth in a row. The first is to replace each missing tooth with an individual ...
If you’ve been told you can’t have implants, it’s generally because a dentist has determined that you have insufficient bone around the missing tooth to support an implant. There are three factors doctors assess when determining bone sufficiency in treatment ...
If you’re considering general anaesthesia for a dental procedure, you may be wondering about the safety of general anaesthesia. Being completely asleep for your dental treatment is often required for lengthy procedures, such as bone grafting and complete teeth replacement ...
What is a sinus lift? While this procedure may sound a little scary, it’s actually one of the most straight-forward grafting surgeries there is. When a doctor is planning an implant surgery, they consider a number of variables. One of ...
As a vegan, Dr. Helen often gets asked what sort of vegan toothpaste she recommends for her patients. Toothpaste isn’t actually necessarily for cleaning your teeth—the act of brushing cleans away the plaque. Toothpaste is merely a vehicle for minty ...
Mini-implants are implants that are smaller or thinner than a traditional implant. A traditional implant begins at 3mm in diameter and goes up from there. Research shows the three millimetres is the thinnest diameter of an implant that can be ...