How Not Replacing a Missing Tooth can Impact Your Life. Tooth loss occurs due to a number of issues, including wear, cancer, injury, and gum disease. However, regardless of the reason you may have a missing tooth, the impact on your life is often significant, but do you know the cost of not replacing a missing tooth? In addition to the […]
Wondering how to have great oral hygiene with braces? Having braces is an investment in your future. A properly aligned smile not only looks fantastic, it helps to make sure your teeth can stay as strong and healthy as possible, and avoid unnecessary wear. Straightening your teeth can even prevent cavities and decay. Why You Should Keep Your Dental […]
Some may have had the opportunity to see our cinema ad live at the movies, for those that didn’t, here it is again. Top and tail.
Dr Nabil Matti performs guided implant surgery using Instaguide. It is the only surgery implant guide made from a dental impression using a web based implant planning software. The procedure is highly accurate, and performed with no bleeding, cuts or discomfort.
Gum disease. Many people still do not know how to brush their teeth and gums. Most people are not aware that the biofilm that rests under the gum, is a major cause of chronic gum infection, which is linked to hypertension and diabetes. We are still treating disease like it’s normal to have disease. “Oh yeah, disease, it’s always been […]
Since when did we need to be brave to see a dentist?
Here are an assortment of our tools. We really like using this tool because it’s fun for us. It’s pretty high tech and pretty expensive. And it gets results. Ok, hold on. Nobody gives a hoot what tools we dentists have. At Smiles Unlimited, we love to meet you, get to know who you are, before discussing goals for your […]
Yes and no! I would absolutely recommend it if you can not demonstrate adequate home care. Usually this applies if you have rheumatoid arthritis affecting your hands, or limited manual dexterity. These devices are excellent in those situations. Many of my patients will have “the talk” and “the demonstration” with a manual toothbrush, because most people have never been dentally […]
As if dentistry is horrible enough and many people don’t want to see us, for some reason, you, the reader, “like” us enough to stumble upon this page. The act of doing dentistry is not a pleasant experience. It is elective, some could argue it is necessary and essential, but many would argue, “you don’t need it”. It is absolutely […]
Cancer. There. I said it. Most of us will have witnessed how devastating it can be. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. Most of us know how it works – a cell that divides and doesn’t have the controls to stop it from dividing. So it keeps growing and growing. The body doesn’t destroy it because it’s not […]