Dental Treatment

Our mission at Milngavie Dental Care is caring for and improving the dental wellbeing of our patients and their families from Milngavie, Bearsden and across East Dunbartonshire. And this is something our close-knit, talented team has plenty of experience of achieving.

Our thorough approach and range of treatments include hygiene therapy, cosmetic treatments, dental implants and orthodontics (braces) to ensure that you and your family enjoy healthy mouths and confident smiles for life.

We are a family practice and welcome people of all ages. We treat our younger patients under the NHS until they leave higher education.

Keeping your mouth fit and healthy is our priority – cosmetic treatments are the icing on the cake (sugar-free, of course!). We believe that hygiene therapy is one of the most important services we provide. Since three out of four teeth are lost through gum disease, and recent studies show a strong relationship between gum disease and medical conditions such as strokes, heart disease, diabetes, and premature and low birth-weight babies, it’s clear why we put such emphasis on our health and hygiene services to deep clean your teeth and keep your gums healthy.

If you have any questions about the dental treatment you will receive from Milngavie Dental Care, please call us or fill in the inquiry form opposite. All information will be kept in the strictest confidence.

Amalgam And White Fillings

Amalgam And White Fillings

Amalgam filling                                                                                                        Amalgam is a combination of metals that have been used in dentistry for more than 150 years. It is still commonly used today and called silver fillings. Amalgam fillings are 50% mercury in weight. We will discuss the potential benefits and risks of Amalgams before making a choice.

White Fillings

Composite is a tooth-colored filling material. They have been used in dentistry for many decades but are constantly improved and enhanced and are used widely in the restoration of anterior and posterior teeth.

The single great advantage of composites is that they are placed and hardened in the dental chair. They are time efficient and relatively inexpensive and do not usually require special laboratory construction. Depending on the size, they can take about an hour to complete. If matched well they can be indistinguishable from the adjacent teeth.

Their use includes the restoration of dental cavities, the replacement of dental amalgam (metal alloys), and the restoration of teeth when they have been worn or chipped away. In addition, composites are often used for aesthetic reasons to enhance the contour, shape, coloring or relative position of the front teeth.

Extractions And Oral Surgery

Extractions And Oral Surgery

Although permanent teeth are meant to last a lifetime sometimes they have to be extracted as a last resort due to :

• Tooth severely decayed
• Trauma to the tooth
• Infection
• Risk of infection
• Gum disease
• Impacted wisdom teeth

There are 2 types of extraction:
1. Simple extraction
In a simple extraction, the tooth is loosened with an instrument called an elevator after which an instrument called forceps is used to remove the tooth.

2. Surgical extraction
A surgical extraction is a more complex procedure. It is used if a tooth may have broken off at the gum line or has not come into the mouth yet. A small incision is made into your gum. Sometimes it’s necessary to remove some of the bone around the tooth or to cut the tooth in half in order to extract it.

Procedure
Most simple extractions can be carried out using just an injection (a local anesthetic). However, if you are nervous you may also want to receive drugs to help you relax or you may choose to have anesthesia through a vein (intravenous sedation). For a surgical extraction, again, you can have this done under local anesthetic, or choose to have intravenous sedation as well.

Follow-up and care

After the extraction, a gauze pad will be placed on the area and you will be asked to maintain form pressure on it. We will change this dressing intermittently depending on the bleeding. We will make sure you have stopped bleeding before we let you go.

You will be given written instructions on how to care for the extraction site. We will also give a packet of gauze to take home if you start bleeding again. Some people get very anxious by the amount of blood, most the times it is a small amount of blood mixed with a large amount of saliva which can make it look more dramatic.

We will give you detailed instructions on what to do and what to expect after your surgery. 

You can expect some discomfort after even simple extractions. Usually, it is mild. Research has shown that taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like Ibuprofen can greatly decrease pain after a tooth extraction. Surgical extractions can be slightly more painful.