Dental Implant Complications
on September 17, 2015
Since 2007, I have been giving the lecture on complications of dental implant surgery to the Graduate Diploma in Dental Implantology course in the National University of Singapore. It is important for dentists embarking on providing dental implants in their practice to understand what …
Osteoporosis and Dental Implants
on September 15, 2015
Osteoporosis is a condition whereby the bone is porous. This affects mainly older women who are post-menopausal although men are affected to a lesser extent as well. It is a fairly common condition and with an aging population, the incidence is set to rise. Osteoporosis weakens bones, …
Facial Injuries and Dental Implants Singapore
on August 12, 2015
Our face is the most exposed part of our body. As such, it is also the most vulnerable part of our body. It is here that our sense of sight, smell, hearing and taste resides, in addition to the general sensation of touch. In Singapore, trauma facial injuries are often the result of ro …
Dental Implants without Bone Grafting
on June 22, 2015
Following my last blog post on "Why do I need a bone graft for my dental implant", I received some feedback from overseas dental colleagues on graft-less options for dental implants. This is indeed gaining popularity as nobody wants to have more surgery than absolutely necessary. As s …
How long does a dental implant lasts?
on May 19, 2015
How long can it last? This is a common question during a consultation on dental implant treatment. Some are actually thinking of a "warranty period" while others may be thinking of "return on investment (of time, money and suffering)". When I first started private practice twenty year …
Complications of Dental Implants in Singapore
on May 7, 2015
What's a complication? This morning, a doctor friend contacted me about a complication with her dental implant done by her dentist, who is also a mutual friend. Yes, Singapore is a small country and everybody knows everybody, especially if you grew up here. Then it dawned on me that I …
Choosing the right dentist for dental implants in Singapore
on May 5, 2015
Life before Google.... Today, I was having lunch with an old colleague and he told me this story which is both amusing and sad. A few years ago, he referred a patient of his to an oncologist, let's call him Oncologist A. The patient had some vague symptoms but nothing specific but wan …
Financing dental implants in Singapore
on May 2, 2015
Dental implants are arguably the best thing that happened to Dentistry in the last fifty years. Wrong, I take that back. The discovery of osseointegration is the best thing that happened to Dentistry. What's osseointegration? It is the process of bone healing that integrates with tita …
What is the cost of total teeth replacement with dental implants?
on April 12, 2015
After my last blog post about total teeth replacement, we have many enquiries on its cost. So, I think it is most apt to followup with an article on that. As dental implants become the treatment of choice for missing teeth, many patients have had an implant or two before, or has had a …
Total teeth replacement with dental implants
on March 24, 2015
Dentists are trained to save teeth. Much of dental school curriculum is focussed on restoring decayed teeth and treating gum diseases. The objective is to keep the patient's natural teeth for as long as possible. Indeed, advances in dental science has enabled many dental patients to k …