| Shalby Hospitals boasts a world class Department of Dentistry and Dental Surgery. The department was conceived by Dr. Darshini Shah, W/O. Dr. Vikram Shah, Chairman, Shalby Hospitals to offer Dental Care & Treatments of International Standards to the large pool of patients in Ahmedabad. The Shalby Dental Department is frequented by patients from United States, United Kingdom, Dubai, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and several other countries. You may read through the opinions our patients hold for us, if you have any queries write to us or call us. We will be happy to help you. |
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Dentistry is amongst the most meticulous professions. At Shalby Dental, we take our time to perform our work to the best of perfection, fusing the scientific knowledge of modern dentistry with the expression of art and beauty to offer our patients quality and optimal results in all of the procedures that we offer.
Over last 15 years we have been working as a comprehensive dental centre offering all round treatment and services in the fields of general dentistry, dental implantology, oral rehabilitation but we have always emphasized cosmetics and dental implantology.
It is indeed exciting to observe the advancements in dental technology and the way that it is affecting dentistry and medicine as a whole. The materials and techniques that we utilize today help us to achieve our objectives in restoring health and function, and at the same time giving a natural and healthy appearance and aura of that amazingly perfect smile. |
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| In our Shalby Hospitals Dentistry Unit, we perform the following general dentistry procedures: |
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Preventive Dentistry: prophylaxis performed by the doctors, placement of sealants, caries detection |
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Restorative Dentistry: caries control, tooth-colored fillings, crowns and bridges to replace broken or missing teeth |
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Endodontics and root canal therapy |
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Periodontics: treatment of gum disease |
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Oral Surgery |
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Wisdom Tooth Extractions |
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Implants to replace missing teeth |
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PREVENTIVE DENTAL TREATMENT |
| Dentistry is amongst the most meticulous professions. At Shalby Dental, we take our time to perform our work to the best of perfection, fusing the scientific knowledge of modern dentistry with the expression of art and beauty to offer our patients quality and optimal results in all of the procedures that we offer. |
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| SCALING / CLEANING OF TEETH |
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Did you know 90% of the human population suffers from gum disease in their mouths?
Did you know that gum disease, if left untreated can lead to the deadly heart attack?
This is because the bacteria from the gums travels through the blood stream, leading to a heart attack. |
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Bad breath/ foul smell in your mouth |
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Spongy gums |
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Bleeding gums |
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Receding gums |
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Mobile / shaky teeth |
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Loose gums |
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| These are the signs of a festering gum disease. You must see your dentist at the earliest |
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Even though you may be regular in brushing teeth twice daily, rinsing/washing with water every time one eats, flossing teeth, still some amount of food debris remains in the mouth. This reacts with bacteria in the mouth to form a soft slippery layer called plaque. This soft layer over time hardens to form a chalk like substance called tartar or calculus. No amount of brushing can get rid of tartar/calculus.
Due to smoking, regular intake of tea, coffee and stain-inducing foods like betel nut, red wine and spices like turmeric, some amount of staining is bound to be found on the teeth. |
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RESTORATIVE DENTAL TREATMENT |
| TOOTH FILLINGS IF YOU HAVE |
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1. Frequent food lodgement (stuck) in between your teeth? |
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2. Sensitivity (sensation) of teeth to hot or cold liquids or food stuff? |
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3. Pain/sensation in teeth on having something sweet or sour? |
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4. Pain in teeth on chewing/eating anything or while applying pressure? |
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| If yes then you could be heading towards a tooth decay / cavity / caries |
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| If a small amount of food debris is left in your teeth, the bacteria which are present in the mouth react with the food. As a result, acid is produced. This acid starts dissolving out the tooth enamel leading to decay/cavity/ caries or the tooth as a whole. |
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YOU MUST GET YOUR TEETH CHECKED AT THIS STAGE? |
This would involve a short visit to your dentist and the problem is resolved by getting a filling in the tooth which could be either silver or of a white tooth coloured material [cosmetic /composite filling].
If ignored, the cavity becomes bigger, penetrates the top layer (enamel), middle layer (dentine) to reach and infect the nerve of the tooth. Taking the tooth beyond the stage of restoration by filling may not be possible. |
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| Before filling |
After filling with tooth colored composite filling |
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YOU MUST GET YOUR TEETH CHECKED AT THIS STAGE? |
| ROOT CANAL TREATED TOOTH |
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| It is mandatory for a root canal treated tooth to have a ceramic or porcelain dental cap/crown as the tooth though now healthy is brittle (because the nerve and blood supply has been removed). If not capped or crowned, the tooth may fracture on eating something hard like toast, nuts or bones, which may ultimately lead to removal or extraction of your natural tooth. |
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| CAVITY |
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| If the cavity in a tooth is so big that the retention of the tooth to hold the filling is compromised, then it becomes mandatory for the tooth to be capped / crowned with ceramic or porcelain dental crowns so that it gets reinforced and can last in the mouth and serve for a long time. For teeth that are badly damaged, ceramic and porcelain dental crowns can be an effective treatment option. |
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| MISSING TOOTH |
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If you have only one missing tooth, ceramic or porcelain dental bridge is your best choice. When one tooth is missing in the mouth, it is mandatory to replace it. This is because if not replaced:
The chewing efficiency gets compromised and the stomach is strained or stressed to aid in food digestion.
Teeth move /migrate wherever they get space. If one tooth is missing the adjacent teeth move (from either side) to occupy that space. Also the opposing tooth (i.e. in the opposite arch) tends to move into this space. As result of movement of these teeth, fresh spaces are created in between these teeth. These spaces are catch areas for food and can further aggravate into acute dental problems.
One of the most common and dependable way of replacing missing tooth/teeth is a bridge where support of teeth adjacent to the missing tooth/teeth is taken and a fixed replacement is given. So porcelain or ceramic dental caps/crowns are put on adjacent teeth to anchor the artificial teeth which fill the gaps. |
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