Periodontics is a highly specialised field addressing gum needs.
Professional Hygiene and Ongoing Maintenance
Regular hygiene appointments with a gum specialist, along with optimum home care, ensure ongoing maintenance of your teeth and gums.
The photos featured show teeth with, and without regular professional hygiene and ongoing maintenance.
These images feature patients of Smile Solutions. They are simply an educational guide and by no means represent a guarantee of outcome.
If you require additional advanced periodontal treatment, we offer the services of our registered specialist periodontists (gum specialists) Dr James van den Berg, Dr Nima Bazrafshan and Dr Constantine Ong.
Periodontics is the field of dentistry that that focuses on implant surgery, bone grafts, periodontal surgery, gum lifts, and treatment of gingivitis and periodontal disease (gum disease).
Conventional dental implantation is the process of replacing missing teeth or teeth that cannot be saved by conventional means. Implants range from single-tooth replacement to a complete upper and lower arch replacement.
Bone grafting, or bone “augmentation”, involves the insertion of synthetic filler bone to encourage growth of the natural bone around it.
A cosmetic lifting of the gum line of the front six teeth, known as a gum lift, is today carried out quickly and effectively using laser. This procedure is virtually painless, does not require stitches and produces relatively quick healing.
Who Would Provide my Periodontic Treatment?
Dr James van den Berg
Dr James van den Berg has practised in the fields of periodontal care and implant dentistry since completing his postgraduate education in 1999. He has also lectured in these fields and maintains an interest in the use of laser to complement traditional therapies. In 2012 he obtained a further Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry from the University of Melbourne and he is now registered in Australia as a specialist periodontist.
Dr Nima Bazrafshan
Dr Nima Bazrafshan graduated as a Doctor of Dental Science in 2002. For the following six years, Dr Bazrafshan explored different fields of dentistry and found periodontics both attractive and challenging. He received an offer to join the prestigious periodontics specialist training program at the University of Melbourne in 2008 and graduated from that university as a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in 2012.
Dr Constance Ong
Constantine Ong has been practising as a specialist in periodontics and implant dentistry for more than ten years. After several years spent working in hospitals and general practice, he underwent specialist training in periodontics and implant dentistry at the renowned Eastman Dental Institute, University College London where he was awarded a Master of Clinical Dentistry with Distinction.