The Revu 30th October 2017 Dr Andrew Farr talks to The Revu about his recent experience of undertaking the ITI Foundation in Implant Dentistry (FID) course and why, along with the guidance of his mentor, he is now more than ready to place his first implants. What first motivated you to attend the FID course? …
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Dental Tips to Start the School Year with a Smile
With the new school year fast approaching the following back-to-school dental tips for parents are sure to help your child start the school year with a healthy smile, and keep it that way all year long. Preventing decay starts at home, so the more child-friendly your dental supplies, the more your child will love keeping up with …
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Implant Surgical Guide
A surgical guide as the name suggests serves as a guide to place implants accurately in 3 dimensions i.e. bucco-lingual, messiah-distal and apiece-coronal. Here I am showing a simple surgical guide that has been produced from an initial wax up (there are more accurate guides available). It is constructed of hard acrylic and can also …
FDI – Implant Retained Dentures
Managing the edentulous patient can be at times, very difficult. Following extraction of the dentition bone is remodelled and resorbed, muscles and ligament insertions become closer to residual ridges. This can in turn lead to an unstable and unretentive denture due to a lack of bony support. When treatment planning for the edentulous patient, it …
Foundation in Implant Dentistry Part-1
February 2017. This was the first part of the FID course held annual by the ITI (International Team for Implantology) and Straumann. The course is being held at Crawley (quite a journey from Hereford) and was easily accessible. The first module focused on Assessment and Treatment planning in Implant Dentistry. By comparing implants to other …
Lower Anterior Adult Braces
Mr A. presented complaining of his lower anterior teeth being misaligned. The LL2 was buccally placed and due to it’s position had caused previous trauma to the lower lip. He also complained that his lower anterior teeth were rotated as shown below. Treatment was provided in the form of lower fixed short term orthodontics …
Simple Composite Makes a Huge Difference
A simple composite restoration placed in the upper central incisor transforms a patients confidence in an instant.
Hereford Tooth Decay Worse in The West Midlands
Dental decay amongst five year old children is more prevalent in Herefordshire than any other county in the West Midlands. The Dental public Health Epidemiology Programme for England published in May 2016, show that 41.3% of five year old children in Herefordshire have had experience of or currently have dental decay. Compare that to our closest neighbours Worcester (27.3%) or Malvern Hills (17.7%) Shropshire (21.5%) then it is clear that Herefordshire is failing in the dental health of it’s children.
Dental Abscess – Don’t Risk Your Life
This is just an experience that I would like to share. Whilst I was working for an emergency dental service over a weekend, a patient attended with a “swelling.” Little did he know but this swelling was extremely dangerous and required urgent attention! The patient was not registered with a dentist, he had a fractured …
Dentistry and Diabetes – Andrew Farr Dentist
It is Diabetes Week from the 12th – 18th of June but what effect does it have for the dental team?
Dental Implants Hereford 