Here at Alice Dental Associates we welcome all ages for all Dental Care.
Our Dentists are here to provide comprehensive dental treatment to
all ages in a friendly and caring environment.
Our Services
Our friendly, experienced staff use the latest dental equipment and techniques for:
IMPLANTS
Dental implants are titanium insert(s) that are used to replace a single tooth, multiple teeth, or all the teeth. Implants can help in avoiding the need for partial or full dentures or can be used to stabilise dentures. Implants provide people with functional and aesthetic results. Often specific x-rays are required to check the amount and quality of bone available for an implant.
To find out more about implants do not hesitate to call us on 8952 6055. We can book a consultation appointment for you with Dr Nevene Jayatilaka and find out what can be done for you.
Oral Surgery
Wisdom teeth, otherwise known as third molars, are the last set of teeth to develop. Sometimes these teeth emerge from the gum line and the jaw is large enough to allow room for them, but most of the time, this is not the case. More often, one or more of these third molars fails to emerge in proper alignment or fails to fully emerge through
the gum line and becomes entrapped or “impacted” between the jawbone and the gum tissue.
Impacted wisdom teeth can result in swelling, pain, and infection of the gum tissue surrounding the wisdom teeth. In addition, impacted wisdom teeth can cause permanent damage to nearby teeth, gums, and bone and can sometimes lead to the formation of cysts or tumors that can destroy sections of the jaw.
Therefore, dentists recommend people with impacted wisdom teeth have them removed.
It’s not just wisdom teeth that sometimes become impacted and need to be removed. Other teeth, such as the canines and premolars can become impacted and can cause the same types of problems described with impacted wisdom teeth.
If you are experiencing pain in this area and your teeth are giving you trouble please phone our friendly staff who will help you by making you
a consult appointment with one of
our expert
You will be advised to pick up referral from our front office to get an panoramic (OPG) x-ray done at the Alice Springs Hospital prior to your consult appointment. This OPG x-ray will show us how impacted your wisdom teeth are and if it is possible to remove them here at Alice Dental or
whether you are to be referred onto an oral surgeon. If you already have a recent OPG to bring along to your appointment and let the staff know as well.
Wisdom Teeth Symptoms
Possible symptoms with impacted / erupting wisdom teeth
Earache
Pain / Swelling
Swollen gums
Pain / Ulcers
Swollen Glands
Bad Breath & Taste
Pain and Difficulty in opening mouth
