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"Specialists in
smile perfection"
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Surgery hours: Mon - Fri: 9.00 - 17.00 Later appointments by arrangement |
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Cosmetic or Restorative? |
Magazine articles and TV shows tend to reinforce the idea that there is a special breed of cosmetic dentists. At Moody Terrace we take the aesthetics of our work very seriously and have all the latest materials and procedures available, but we also believe that cosmetics must be backed by sound restorative knowledge and technique. Your beautiful new smile must be functional, comfortable and long-lasting. |
Material Benefits. |
| Dental restorative materials are developing at an extraordinary pace. This creates a constant need to update knowledge and techniques to get the best out of the latest materials. Adhesive dentistry is over 20years old but is only just coming of age. At Moody Terrace we have a full range of restorative options including the latest metal-free resin-based and cast porcelain fillings. Cast or pressed porcelain such as the Empress E-Max system offers strong and beautiful crowns, inlays and even bridges with no metal involved. And because all these materials can now be bonded to the tooth, they can reduce tooth tissue lost at preparation and can restore strength as well as beauty to your teeth. |
Keep smiling whilst straightening your teeth. |
Invisalign is a new way of straightening your teeth which does away with traditional wires and brackets and replaces them with a series of transparent, close-fitting aligners. Developed in California by Align Technology, Invisalign is particularly popular with adult patients who were not offered, or refused, orthodontics as a teenager. It gives these patients a second chance of the smile they want without the embarrassment of wearing “train tracks” on their teeth. Three of the dentists at Moody Terrace are licensed to use the Invisalign system. |
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| This patient was suffering pain caused by cracks forming in her tooth partly because the old metal filling was not bonded into place. The series of photos show the tooth in its original state with a close-up showing the cracks. Then there is a picture of the tooth following preparation for a crown, the original amalgam has been replaced with a bonded amalgam core to give the tooth the maximum strength and integrity. The cracking shown on the surface can clearly be seen at this point. Finally, a picture of the finished crown, in this case a porcelain fused to precious metal restoration to give the maximum strength. A metal-free crown could be used if appearance was of greater concern to the patient. |