Treating the terminal dentition using Guided Surgery driven from DSD treatment concept
by Dr. Kamsiah Binti Gulam Haider , BDS, MDSc
Treating the Terminal Dentition and the Fully Edentulous Patient using
Guided Surgery driven from the Digital Smile Design treatment concept.
The patient with terminal dentition or with an edentulous state unquestionably faces a disfiguring condition. Over the past decades, osseointegrated implants have provided extraordinary solutions, either supporting or retaining prosthetic devices aimed to restore both form and function.
The Digital Smile Design is one stop concept whereby it could be the treating dentist or interdisciplinary communication between the restorative dentist, the surgeon and the laboratory. a group of oral surgeon and prosthodontist and their ceramist come together to
All the techniques provide guidelines that can be easily implemented in practice in order to help plan, design and manufacture both the guided surgical kit and the provisional prosthesis . It optimises communication between the restorative dentist and the laboratory. We can safely implement immediate loading protocols in the practice. This technique and procedure provide the patient with an immediately loaded prosthesis.
Lower anterior teeth crowns or veneers ?
Lower anterior teeth are rather small and narrow. Crowding may over preparation of the teeth which can ends up with root canal treatment and more treatment. Continue reading “Lower anterior teeth crowns or veneers ?”
A Clear Polyvinyl siloxane Technique for the Placement of Posterior Direct Composites
After years of clinical dentistry, I saw a simple but effective way to restore posterior teeth with composite material. This preoperative occlusal registration technique using
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PORCELAIN DENTAL VENEERS
WHAT ARE PORCELAIN VENEERS?
Porcelain Veneers or Dental Veneers are very thin “shells” made of either porcelain or composite resin that are bonded to the front surfaces of teeth. Continue reading “PORCELAIN DENTAL VENEERS”
From Guided Surgery to Final Single Screw-retained Crown, a Fully Digital Procedure
Intra-oral scanners (IOS) play a central role in our daily clinical digital dentistry in our practice because we believe the future is now. Continue reading “From Guided Surgery to Final Single Screw-retained Crown, a Fully Digital Procedure”
All-on-4 Dental Implants with Computer Guided Surgery and Digital Smile Design
Another All-on-4 dental implant case with computer guided surgery stent from DSD Lab Madrid, Spain Continue reading “All-on-4 Dental Implants with Computer Guided Surgery and Digital Smile Design”
Dental Implant Crown or Three-Unit Bridge?
When you have a single missing tooth there are three options to replace it, either a single dental implant or a three-unit bridge or a denture.
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Whom Do I Trust to Do my own Porcelain Veneers?
My patients often ask me who usually treats my teeth. Since I was born with a good set of teeth, I hardly see any dentist. However, I had a few mandatory dental treatments as Continue reading “Whom Do I Trust to Do my own Porcelain Veneers?”
Fluorosis, Orthodontics, Veneers using the Digital Smile Design treatment concept
Multidisciplinary dentistry in management of untreated Fluorosis in an adult using ceramic veneers. Malocclusion treated with Orthodontics and Bone Screws . Continue reading “Fluorosis, Orthodontics, Veneers using the Digital Smile Design treatment concept”