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Teeth Whitening
The most gentle way to achieve effective and affordable whitening is via a custom made take home bleaching kit. After a thorough dental examination, the ideal time to begin whitening is after a professional clean. Two custom made trays are vacuum formed from moulds of your upper and lower teeth. In the kit, syringes of […]
GUM DISEASE (Periodontal Disease)
Gum disease describes a spectrum of conditions ranging from bleeding gums to severe bone loss around teeth. It not only affects the gum but also all the supporting ligaments as well as the jaw bone. It is a major cause of tooth loss in our community. Worst of all, most of us are not aware […]
Porcelain Veneers
Porcelain veneers are thin, tooth coloured ceramic shells carefully crafted to bond and cover the front of your teeth (the aesthetic zone). Porcelain Veneers are more conservative that conventional crowns and are placed in order to enhance chipped, discoloured, slightly misaligned or misshapen teeth. This will achieve a new smile profile within two or three […]
Crowns
A crown is a cap (made from porcelain +/- metal) which covers the entire visible surface of the tooth. It acts to strengthen and reinforce weakened and broken teeth. Often they are placed on teeth where a large portion has broken away or on those which have undergone extensive procedures, including Root Canal Treatment. Crowns […]
DENTAL IMPLANTS
What is the best way of replacing a missing tooth or teeth? At PCAT Dental, we get this question all the time. Whether you are missing all your teeth, a few teeth or simply just one tooth, most of the time, the answer is dental implants. A dental implant consists of two parts – a […]
BRUXISM/TMD (TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER)
Ever wonder why you wake up in the morning feeling tightness or tension in the jaw joints and muscles or why your pristine teeth chip and break? It may be you suffer from Bruxism, more commonly known as grinding or clenching of the teeth. Often bruxism is nocturnal, ie it occurs during sleep, so many […]
Fissure Sealants
Have you ever looked in the mirror at your molar or back teeth? Go on, take a look now. Depending on your dental history, you’ll either see fine grooves running across the biting surface of your lower molars, or if you have been unlucky enough, you will have fillings in these areas already. Often adults […]
Think Before You Drink: Discover the Five Beverages that are harming your smile!
At our Moonee Ponds dental practice we are uncovering the five biggest culprits when it comes to damaging the health and appearance of your smile… Most of us know that a diet high in processed, sugary foods can contribute to the development of dental decay and other oral diseases, but did you know that many […]
