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The Attractive and Natural Way to a Great Smile
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ourtesy of Cecil the lion, my profession and particularly American dentists have very much been in the news of late. First of all let me reassure my patients and readers
that 1. I do not go big game hunting with a bow and arrow and 2. That I have no plans to start. Being an essentially kindly soul I fi nd it hard to kill anything and the not infrequent gifts from Boodle the cat of live mice and toads brought into the kitchen are captured, admired and returned to roam free across the road. No doubt my neighbours have faced a veritable plague of incoming wildlife this summer as Boodle is a very good hunter!
American dentistry is very keen to satisfy the demand for the perfect smile and if you want to make sure that you see an American dentist laugh just mention the great British smile. It is one of the points of cultural difference between here and the USA where aesthetic teeth are seen as a social necessity rather than as a desirable possibility. Of course in the States they do take it a bit too far; in my view the whiter than white super bright even teeth look where you can even at the corner of the lips see the wisdom teeth shining away is a wee bit excessive. The fashion for extra large super white ceramic teeth has, thank goodness, largely been avoided this side of the Atlantic. My patients generally want an attractive but natural look and by design I build custom ceramics which are hard to distinguish from a natural tooth. Missing teeth can easily be replaced either by implants or bridgework and although I make quite a few dentures the majority of my patients have retained suffi cient
Dr Mark Cronshaw of Amery House
Dr Mark Cronshaw is no ordinary dentist. With a passion for discovering new technologies and techniques, here he shares some of his fi ndings.
teeth for me to work with to reconstruct a natural and functional smile.
‘If you want to make sure that you see an American dentist laugh just mention the great British smile’
More and more of my adult patients are opting for orthodontic treatments to straighten up poorly aligned teeth. Thanks to advances in technology this is progressively becoming easier and quicker. For instance we use a system called Invisalign which are clear aligners nigh on invisible to the eye, so no ironmongery is apparent or if it isn’t possible to use that system the orthodontic brace can be discretely placed behind the teeth so it isn’t obvious.
I received today the very latest phototherapy appliance which is intended for home use and I am planning to conduct some research to assess this device which has some remarkable possible benefi ts. For instance it may help accelerate the rate of tooth movement in orthodontic treatments and a similar Canadian device has been found to shorten treatment times by up to 30%. All my new orthodontic treatments will include for free this potentially amazing home care appliance, so anyone interested in participating in the trial please contact the practice ASAP.
As a practice we take pride in staying up to date and in introducing the best of new technology. We welcome new patients and we have an inexpensive monthly plan which offers many benefi ts including on joining a free home tooth whitening treatment. More information can be found on our website at
www.ameryhousedentalpractice.co.uk or please contact our helpful receptionist on 01983 291863.
Amery House Dental Practice, 4 Terminus Road, Cowes t. 01983 291863
www.ameryhouse.com
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