Orthodontics used to be mainly associated with pimply teenagers and “metal tracks”. Nowadays, the perception of orthodontics is changing rapidly with more adults than ever choosing to have their teeth straightened. Thankfully for adults, we now have Invisalign.
Affordable invisalign in Joondalup has been around for some time now but has established some notoriety with some famous people choosing to straighten their teeth. Most notably, Katherine Heigl discussed her Invisalign treatment on The Oprah Winfrey show which shot Invisalign into the public eye.
Invisalign is a term for the treatment process involving the straightening of teeth using the sequential wearing of clear, plastic aligners to move the tooth incrementally into their correct position. It is proving to be very popular amongst adults as the social impact is so low. Many people hardly notice that the person undergoing the Invisalign process is even having anything done.
The process involves taking special impressions from which a 3D computer model of your teeth is generated. From this 3D model, the treating clinician can visualise the course of treatment from start to finish and can show this to you prior to you having anything done to your teeth.
The aligners are comfortable and patient acceptance and compliance is excellent due to the aesthetic nature of the aligners. Most treatment that could be previously done with braces can also be done with Invisalign. The treatment time on average is 12-18 months depending on the severity of your orthodontic problem.
There is plenty of information on the internet available regarding Invisalign including some excellent Youtube videos. Of course, nothing beats a comprehensive Invisalign consultation with one of our dentalatjoondalupdentists. For the month of September, if you book in for an Invisalign consult and mention this email, the consultation will be done at no cost to you.
Periodontal therapy can feel similar to a standard scale and clean but it is a lot deeper and anaesthetic may be used for its treatment. More special instruments and techniques will be used for the treatment of periodontal disease.
This is also a good time to discuss why you can’t just always book in for a “check-up and scale and clean”. After the initial consultation, it may be deemed that you have periodontal disease and not gingivitis which means more in depth care. This is also means that the costs of management of periodontal disease are more than for standard scale and clean therapies. Once again, the take home message is that prevention is much more effective and cost-effective than the cure.
Call our clinic now to book in for a consultation if you haven’t been for some time or for your regular recall hygiene therapy. This is highly important if you’ve already had an existing diagnosis of periodontal disease as the disease doesn’t just get “cured”. Periodontal disease has to be actively maintained and prevented indefinitely.
By far, the most common reason is bacteria/plaque on the tongue. Everyone has that gross experience in the morning, when they feel a thick white film on the top surface of their tongue. That is the collection of millions and billions of bacteria lodged together in a microscopic colony. Some of those bacteria are odour-producing and are responsible for bad breath.
Tongue scrapers can be used to remove the plaque from the tongue but a little word of caution, do this with no one else around…There are mouthrinses that are specially available but need to be used in a case-by-case basis rather than blanket use for all patients.
Gum disease is a distant second but also commonly causes bad breath. If your gums bleed when you brush and floss, its highly likely that you suffer from bad breath and are unaware that you do. We’ll give you a little peek into what dentists and hygienists can observe if we meet you at a party or social event...we can usually smell on your breath that you are suffering from either gingivitis or periodontal disease. Bad breath caused by gingivitis/periodontal disease has a somewhat distinct character.
Affordable invisalign in Joondalup has been around for some time now but has established some notoriety with some famous people choosing to straighten their teeth. Most notably, Katherine Heigl discussed her Invisalign treatment on The Oprah Winfrey show which shot Invisalign into the public eye.
Invisalign is a term for the treatment process involving the straightening of teeth using the sequential wearing of clear, plastic aligners to move the tooth incrementally into their correct position. It is proving to be very popular amongst adults as the social impact is so low. Many people hardly notice that the person undergoing the Invisalign process is even having anything done.
The process involves taking special impressions from which a 3D computer model of your teeth is generated. From this 3D model, the treating clinician can visualise the course of treatment from start to finish and can show this to you prior to you having anything done to your teeth.
The aligners are comfortable and patient acceptance and compliance is excellent due to the aesthetic nature of the aligners. Most treatment that could be previously done with braces can also be done with Invisalign. The treatment time on average is 12-18 months depending on the severity of your orthodontic problem.
There is plenty of information on the internet available regarding Invisalign including some excellent Youtube videos. Of course, nothing beats a comprehensive Invisalign consultation with one of our dentalatjoondalupdentists. For the month of September, if you book in for an Invisalign consult and mention this email, the consultation will be done at no cost to you.
Periodontal therapy can feel similar to a standard scale and clean but it is a lot deeper and anaesthetic may be used for its treatment. More special instruments and techniques will be used for the treatment of periodontal disease.
This is also a good time to discuss why you can’t just always book in for a “check-up and scale and clean”. After the initial consultation, it may be deemed that you have periodontal disease and not gingivitis which means more in depth care. This is also means that the costs of management of periodontal disease are more than for standard scale and clean therapies. Once again, the take home message is that prevention is much more effective and cost-effective than the cure.
Call our clinic now to book in for a consultation if you haven’t been for some time or for your regular recall hygiene therapy. This is highly important if you’ve already had an existing diagnosis of periodontal disease as the disease doesn’t just get “cured”. Periodontal disease has to be actively maintained and prevented indefinitely.
By far, the most common reason is bacteria/plaque on the tongue. Everyone has that gross experience in the morning, when they feel a thick white film on the top surface of their tongue. That is the collection of millions and billions of bacteria lodged together in a microscopic colony. Some of those bacteria are odour-producing and are responsible for bad breath.
Tongue scrapers can be used to remove the plaque from the tongue but a little word of caution, do this with no one else around…There are mouthrinses that are specially available but need to be used in a case-by-case basis rather than blanket use for all patients.
Gum disease is a distant second but also commonly causes bad breath. If your gums bleed when you brush and floss, its highly likely that you suffer from bad breath and are unaware that you do. We’ll give you a little peek into what dentists and hygienists can observe if we meet you at a party or social event...we can usually smell on your breath that you are suffering from either gingivitis or periodontal disease. Bad breath caused by gingivitis/periodontal disease has a somewhat distinct character.
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