Archive for April, 2008

Invisalign Informational Video

This is a great video that shows how the system works, and the benefits. Worth watching if you are considering straightening your teeth at Winning Smiles, without the metal braces!

We hope you find it useful

So, patient walks in with his front tooth missing

No really. I thought it was a joke at first.
Just the other day I had a gentleman turn up at my surgery for the first time with one of his front teeth missing. When I asked the obvious ‘what’s happened’ he said that his own dentist extracted the tooth but forgot/didn’t bother to replace it [...]

Never too old for Dental Implants, or the Internet!

I love this.
Earlier this year, when we considered refreshing the Winning Smiles website, we wondered just how many people in our local areas of Romford and Brentwood (or our wider audience in Essex, London and Herts) would be using the Internet to look for implant and orthodontic dentists?
But when I discovered my aunt had been [...]

Winning Smiles support local artists

One thing about dentistry, it is one of the few jobs that merges a theoretical scientific background with an artistic eye
I enjoy the art world and get out to galleries and shows when time permits! Many of you will be familiar with our ‘pondering man’ sculpture: that handsome young man, stripped to the waist who [...]

Lower dentures are utterly useless

I well remember my first denture lecture as a keen young trainee: The denture-department head stood up in front of us at the top of Guy’s Tower and said:
“Before I begin, don’t you lot ever forget one thing: dentures are only ever better than nothing at all!“.
And this from the head of the [...]

Smile transformation creates emotional journeys

The stress and worry during a complex dental case isn’t only felt by the patient – as all sorts of pressures, not least that of expectation, can fall directly on your friendly dentist’s shoulders.
But its worth it!
As a cosmetic and implant dentist, the greatest feeling in the world is when a mouth has been transformed [...]