Archive for September, 2009

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I was referred to Dr. Dinesh Vegad by my brother Bill Jhite to whom I am very grateful.  I have seen many dentists in my time and am actually terrified by the whole experience.  I am, or was, the most fearful patient.  It would not be an exaggeration if I said it was borderline terror for me to get any dental work done and I avoided it as far as possible.

However, it has gone from terror to pleasure.  I have found Dr. Dinesh to be absolutely wonderful in many ways.  He is professional, personable, very gifted and skilfull, and caring.  He has been taking care of my husband and daughter and we all feel the same. We will travel from anywhere in the world to see him when needed!

Pardeep.

Our hygienist here at our practice in Birmingham can ensure your gums remain healthy and your teeth remain clean and stain free. How often an individual requires hygeine treatment varies from patient to patient. Here at St Pauls Square we recall patient’s at 3, 6 and 12 month intervals for hygeine.

3 Months: We tend to recall people who are suffering or have suffered from periodontitis (destructive gum disease, see image on left), those who are very prone to staining, those who have undergone extensive restorative (crowns, veneers, big filliongs etc) treatment and those who are prone to rapid tartar build up between the teeth and under the gums.

6 Months:  People attending every 6 months tend to be those not so prone to more advanced gum disease and suffer less from staining and tartar between and at the necks of the teeth.

12 Months: 12 month recalls are appropriate for those who suffer no significant gum disease and experince very minimal  stain and tartar build up within the 12 month period.

“I’ve had a root canal treatment performed on one of my front teeth by my dentist 3 months ago but it doesn’t seem to have got any better and it still painful when i bite on it. My dentist has told me I would need an apicectomy(?) or would have to have the tooth removed. I don’t think I’m keen on either option! Is there anything else that can be done?”

Leigh S.    Birmingham

Hi Leigh, without seeing xrays of the tooth in question I can’t give you a full answer. Something I would say is that at St Pauls Dental Practice we will often perform a “re-root canal” treatment before embarking on any more extreme measures. A root canal treatment should involve the complete disinfection of the WHOLE of the root of  the tooth and placement of a dense rubber filling to make sure the root stays disinfected. Here’s an example treated here in Birmingham where a young lady had root canal treatment which didnt work. On the first xray you can see the thin long root filling doesn’t look like to fills the whole space of the root and there is evidence of persisting infection. I retreated this tooth and I’m sure the difference on the second xray is obvious! Hope this helps.

Damien.

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“I had crowns fitted 5 years ago and have noticed a black line by my gum. Obviously this is very embaraassing! Can anything be done?”

The most common reason for a black line around the margin of a crown is the metal which forms part of the crown’s substructure showing through. In the past these metal ceramic crowns have been used as they provide strength. Modern “All Ceramic metal-free” crowns can be just as strong and eliminate those black lines giving the ideal long-term aesthetic result!