Aligners

This will vary from individual to individual. It very much depends on factors such as a person’s age and lifestyle, the structure of the skin, and the degree of correction required. Most clients choose to have a repeat treatment within a year, since the main component of both products (hyaluronic acid) is a natural substance which dissolves over time.

The Llanthewy Road practice has some on site patient parking.

All of our other practices have ample parking facilities nearby.

With modern anaesthesia and techniques, root canal treatment is generally a pain free procedure. However it is likely that the patient will get some post-operative discomfort after the anaesthetic has worn off. In the vastmajority of cases this can be controlled with regular over the counter pain relief such as ibuprofen and paracetamol.

You may have visited the dental practitioner if you had symptoms of a pulp infection such as:

• Pain when eating or drinking hot or cold food or drink
• Pain when biting or chewing
• A loose tooth
• Swelling of the gum near the infected tooth
• Pus oozing from around the infected tooth
• Facial swelling
• The tooth getting darker in colour.

An x-ray of your tooth may show the cause of pain or infection. Antibiotics are not effective in treating root canal infections. The two treatment options are removing the tooth or having a root canal treatment.

We only recommend a small field CBCT scan for the most complex of root canal treatments, and where traditional 2-D radiographs fail to give us the all the information we need.

Leukocyte- and patelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) is a newly developed platelet concentrate that has successfully been used in a number of surgical procedures to optimise wound healing. Several studies indicate that it may also have the ability to stimulate bone formation.

• Stimulates cell growth and cell division, accelerating healing and regeneration in a range of treatments.
• Reduces inflammation, swelling and discomfort after surgical procedures.
• Reduces infection risk.
• Helps build connective tissues.
• Shortens recovery periods.