Glendowie Dental Centre

Glendowie Dental Centre strives to provide high quality care, based on thorough diagnosis of dental and emotional needs. By serving and fulfilling those needs, we help the patient to get the best long term results and satisfaction with their dental treatment.

Glendowie Dental Centre specialises in:-

• Crowns
• Root Canel Treatment
• Implants
• Whitening
• Wisdom Teeth
• Sedation
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Orthodontics
• Hygiene
• Peridontal Disease

We also have a Dental Hygienist here at our practice, who is a specially trained member of the dental team who will work together with your dentist to provide complete dental care for you.

A dental hygienist pays attention to each tooth individually and removes any calculus (or tartar), dental plaque and staining that remains on your teeth.

Sedation, Pain free dentistry:
Many people avoid going to the dentist because of the fear of dental procedures. Conscious sedation can provide anxiety relief and often overcome fear. Sedation is the use of a drug which relaxes the central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out by the dentist, while still allowing the patient to communicate.

Your dentist will use the simplest form of sedation which will enable successful treatment to be given. For example, some patients respond well to nitrous oxide and oxygen (laughing gas) while others cope better with a valium-type drug. There are many ways of being sedated and your dentist will discuss with you what treatment suits you best. Before sedation can be offered, your dentist will take a full medical history and may liaise with appropriate medical practitioners if necessary. In some cases, blood tests may be needed before an appointment is made. The simplest form of sedation is your dentist explaining the treatment and helping to allay any fears that you may have.

Oral sedation is an option to help alleviate fear. This is achieved simply by your dentist prescribing a medication which will make you you drowsy and relaxed. This technique can also be used in conjunction with nitrous oxide for deeper sedation.

Intravenous sedation is a technique whereby drugs are injected until the desired effect is achieved. You normally remember very little but still co- operate with your dentist and wake up relaxed and calm. Your dentist will use a local anesthetic after the sedation and may also inject a pain-killer if the procedure involves surgery.

Our Commitment

Dentistry is a rapidly changing discipline. Our commitment to our patients is to evaluate new products and procedures and educate ourselves so that we may provide appropriate treatments at all times. Staff members are expected to attend whatever courses may be necessary to function at the highest level.

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