To preserve your oral health, fillings are used to restore a damaged tooth so it both looks and functions normally. Typical signs that you may need include tooth sensitivity, an ache, food lodgement or pain in or around the tooth, or damage you can see or feel when touching the tooth. The type of damage...
Your teeth and gums may be affected during pregnancy, with oral tissues displaying an increased response to bacterial plaque, because of increased levels of oestrogen and progesterone. These may affect your immune response to bacteria and result in gum inflammations such as ‘pregnancy gingivitis’, which usually settles down after the birth. Morning sickness can lead...
Tooth extraction is the removal of a tooth from your jawbone if a tooth has too much damage to be fixed. Other reasons for a dentist to extract a tooth include decay, infection, and over-crowding to make room for dental prosthetics or braces. We perform tooth extractions every day, but in some complicated cases, you...
If your wisdom teeth are causing you pain or discomfort, please see your dentist as soon as possible. Early treatment will significantly reduce your risk of bigger problems down the track. Our experienced dental surgeons can extract one or more wisdom teeth under local anaesthetic at the clinic. A complicated extraction may sometimes be referred...
Root canal treatment is common in dental care and helps dentists to save many thousands of New Zealanders’ teeth each year. Your own teeth are always better for biting and chewing than artificial teeth, so a root canal aims to save a tooth that has been badly damaged by disease, decay or other problems. The...
