Seymour Dental Blog

Shaping and Repairing Teeth – A Case Study

They say the only constant is change. This applies to the human body and of course the mouth. In some people, grinding of teeth is a constant problem, which begins with ...

Shaping Up Teeth – Blog Series

Shaping Up Teeth – Part 4 – Preventing Self-Harm of Teeth – Increase the Vertical Dimension – The Treatment

The treatment involves building up the bite of the teeth The simplest and most flexible way is using tooth coloured filling material (composite resin). The material, afte ...

Shaping Up Teeth – Part 3 – Preventing Self-Harm of Teeth – Increase the Vertical Dimension – The Causes

Sometimes people are their own worst enemy. A history of heavy grinding of teeth can cause damage to the tooth structure by wearing it away or even cracking the tooth. ...

Shaping Up Teeth – Part 2 – Build ups changing bites (Increasing the vertical dimension)

In a mouth with very worn teeth, we can build up the bite with bonded tooth coloured materials. This is called increasing the vertical dimension. The vertical dimensio ...

Shaping Up Teeth

The appearance of teeth can often be improved in appearance and function by often small changes to the anatomy of the teeth. This can be achieved by additions to the too ...