Anyone that has already been through the experience of the moment wisdom teeth decide to make an impact on your life, and they invariably do at some point, it can be quite a traumatic few weeks in your life in the City of London. Some people may get off relatively lightly, for if after an x-ray, it reveals that the teeth are growing quite normally and it’s just a matter of waiting until they come through, then chewing gum, a few light herbal remedies and the taking of painkillers should be enough to get you through comfortably, fairly pain free and without having to have the teeth extracted. But not all wisdom teeth behave themselves like this and if they cannot grow freely, they can go off in all directions and may never show at all, in these cases, extraction is inevitable. This is operation is best done at the hospital, as the forces imposed on the jaws and head to remove a wisdom tooth are incredible and the mouth is very vulnerable to infection afterwards. In fact, if an extraction is not carried out correctly, serious life threatening complications can set in very quickly. Only in hospital can recovery be monitored properly, especially with multiple extractions. Once out of hospital, there will be pain attached to the healing process which will require painkillers and/or natural remedies such as clove oil to help in the recovery, along with attention to detail when it comes to oral hygiene.

A dental bridge is a unique and crafty way to have a missing tooth replaced without all the fuss and time involved with a dental implant. It is a painless and quick solution that has been very successfully performed for many decades, and it doesn’t cost a fortune says a City of London dentist. If you`re fortunate enough, the treatment will start before you lose the tooth in question. If you`ve already lost it, the gap left will be used to make the replacement tooth. It is not a good idea to leave a missing tooth without any further treatment, the teeth either side will lose their support from the missing tooth and slide into the space. This can cause a misaligned tooth or teeth; and therefore more problems. Using digital photos and X-rays, and often a mould made of the teeth; your dentist will scan them into a computer. the dentist will calculate the exact size and dimensions of the whole bridge. The bridge itself will consist of the missing tooth and two more teeth either side; these will have a hollow inside which is shaped to fit over the teeth on each side. They are all made from porcelain which is very hard wearing and look, feel and act just like the real thing. The two teeth either side are called anchors, for obvious reasons, and are slide over the side teeth after they have been shaped to take the bridge. For an idea of what I mean think of a piece of furniture you are fitting together, you will be using round dowels to secure the pieces together, and now think of the anchor as the piece you are fitting over the dowel. This is now cemented to secure and seal it from infections. The bridge will give you many years of care free usage, and the best part is that no-one but you will know.

Lasers in dentistry? Well Yes! Says a London-based cosmetic dentist, “Laser guns can be used as diagnostic as well as therapeutic tools in the field of dentistry and no sooner their application will foray into each and every specialization of dentistry.”

Researchers are studying the suitability of a CTE:YAG laser in this area. The laser was found to be successful in ablation of dental caries whilst also diagnosing the presence of caries. There is; however, some peripheral damage to the surrounding tissue and this was attributed to the mechanical forces applied rather than the laser per se.

This alternative seems to offer a quick and minimal-invasive solution and will be a great tool in the hands of an expert dental surgeon. However, it can receive wider acceptance if the tissue damage caused can be reduced or avoided.

The laser can be guided using a hand-held portable laser gun device, and the radiation that penetrates through the enamel and dentin of a tooth can detect even the earliest signs of caries or tooth decay. This means the necessity of fillings is almost minimized as a treatment can be initiated very soon.

Researchers of Glasgow at the Strathclyde University devised this laser gun and the device uses laser that gives a picture of the mineral content of a tooth thereby indicating the start of tooth decay and those patients that were showing early decay symptoms were treated with some fluoride treatment.

“This will be a great tool in our hands and can reduce fillings, aside can show a drastic improvement in the oral health of UK citizens,” remarks the cosmetic dentist who is based in London.

The device can also enable a safer way to diagnose tooth defects, and with its widespread use the adverse effects of x-rays can be totally avoided.