October 5th, 2009 | 
Author: Changing to St Pauls dental practice was one of the best decisions i have ever made, with their highly advanced equipment they can pin point any problems you may have within minutes. The staff there are also very friendly and put you at ease straight away, which makes your visit there seem to go by so quickly. In summing up I would not hesitate recommending St Pauls dental practise to anyone.
Michelle Bruce ( Yardley, Birmingham)
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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!
Having produced what we hope is two informative and reassuring videos introducing our practice in Birmingham, we thought we’d reach a wider audience by placing them on YouTube….
Birmingham dentist Dr Dinesh Vegad
pioneers use of 3D tooth scanner
Aug 26 2009 by Alison Dayani, Birmingham Post
Birmingham patients are getting a taste of the future after a city dental practice became the first in the country to use an advanced 3D tooth scanner.
Dr Dinesh Vegad bought the £140,000 equipment from Scandanavia and is now using it on patients at his own private St Paul’s Square Dental Practice, in the Jewellery Quarter, along with referrals from other dentists in the region.
After taking a CT scan, a 3D image is displayed on a computer screen, enabling Dr Vegad’s team to zoom into specific areas of the jaw from various angles and even see wisdom teeth, nerves and root canals as never before, to the nearest 0.1 of a millimetre.
It is set to save patients time and money as dentists will no longer need to use appointments to dig down into a tooth to explore problems before starting work.
“In ten years’ time, I think a lot of dentists will use a scanner like this,” said Dr Vegad, who has been a dentist for more than 25 years.
“An X-ray which is two dimensional can be misleading because you do not have any depth of field, but with this scanner, the mouth has no more hidden mysteries.
“Tumours are more easily identifiable, the radiation levels are much lower than normal and it enables dentists to see exactly where an implant needs to be, reducing the risk of complications like a numb lip or tongue.
“Seeing these sorts of advances is amazing. Being able to measure a nerve or gap from different angles and to the exact millimetre is something dentists couldn’t have imagined years ago.”
The scanner also shows up damage done by below-par dentists, something Dr Vegad says he has had to deal with lately after seeing patients who went to eastern Europe for treatment to save cash but ended up being left out of pocket to address further problems.
“One man had been to Hungary for a reconstruction of the teeth in his lower jaw but came to see me when he developed toothache and suspected the treatment had gone badly wrong,” added Dr Vegad.
“The scanner showed abscesses inside newly capped teeth and very little bone left holding his teeth in place. He ended up having to spend much more on getting his teeth corrected.
“If a British dentist did work like that, there is a regulatory body that could reprimand a dentist or strike them off, but if you go abroad, there is nothing like that.”
The scan takes minutes to complete as it revolves 360 degrees around a patient’s head. Images on the computer screen can then be saved on discs.
Dr Vegad went to Helsinki, in Finland, which is at the forefront of dental treatment and equipment, to test out the futuristic technology before shipping it to Birmingham.
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What a thorough visit. The staff were excellent and listened to all of my concerns and fears. Technology was very educational. The best Practice I have seen!
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