Tag: dental implants

Earlier this August, I wrote a blog as a second instalment on an anterior implant case. The patient lost her upper left front tooth due to a severe cavity in the root (caused by external resorption). Subsequently, the tooth was extracted, and a Straumann BLX implant was surgically placed in the extraction socket. An exogenous bone graft (freeze-dried bone particles…

There are new techniques and technology that Affinity Dental Care uses to make implant placement easier. The socket shield technique is a “newer” technique used during immediate implant placement (remove a hopeless tooth and replace it with an implant right after the extraction) in the anterior region to preserve the integrity of the periodontium and the thin buccal bone that…

This blog is a continuation of the last blog on implant therapy. This time I am going to talk about prostheses supported by implants. The prostheses that implants can support are a crown, a bridge or a denture (hence called overdenture). The fees for implants and prostheses are usually high because of the expensive costs of the many machines, equipment,…

In October 2020, I wrote a blog on a patient whose upper front central incisor (tooth #21) had external resorption. The resorption was extensive and rendered the tooth hopeless in prognosis. Different options were presented and discussed – endodontic treatment and extraction with a fixed bridge, a removable denture, or an implant-supported crown as the final prosthesis. Another factor we…

There are a few reasons implant therapy is wanted by a patient or recommended by the patient's dentist. The reasons for having an implant procedure are: 1) To replace a missing tooth 2) To improve the ability to chew 3) To prevent adjacent teeth from drifting 4) To make the removable denture more stable If you are missing your tooth/teeth…

A few days ago, I was performing extraction of an upper front tooth and bone graft. The patient has cardiovascular disease and is on a blood thinner. She also has a chronic mucogingival disease called Lichen Planus, which expresses red swollen inflamed gum tissues in her mouth. After the initial examination, co-diagnosis of the conditions, treatment options, and discussions, the…

After implementing laser dentistry in my practice earlier this year, I had the privilege of doing a few procedures that I normally would not do or would not be able to do – mainly for the fear of haemorrhaging during and after the procedures, the complexity of the techniques with conventional methods, less predictable results and severity of post-operative pain…

During this unprecedented time in history, social distancing and non-contact are the norms for our daily lives. The regular visits to your dental clinics are also affected by this new normal. Teledentistry, a concept turned into reality in some aspects of dentistry. For example, dentists can do the initial dental consultation, triage the severity of the problem, and assess the…

Affinity Dental Care Thanks YOU We, Dr. Kenneth Wong, Josie, Jovina and Natalia, as a Burlington wellness-based family dental practice, would like to express our huge gratitude to our patients who have trusted us for their dental care in the past year. We have grown in the number of patients who choose us as their family dentist, and a big…