Most people picture a dental implant as one big operation. It isn't. The dental implant procedure is a series of six stages spread over roughly 3 to 9 months for most single implants, and the surgery itself usually takes 1 to 2 hours per implant under local anaesthetic. Most of that time is healing, not chair time. Your jawbone needs a few months to grow around the implant before a tooth can go on top. Below, our clinical team at Bradbury Dental Surgery walks through the dent

It starts as a sting when you sip orange juice. By morning, there's a small white crater inside your cheek, and every mouthful reminds you it's there. A mouth ulcer (what Americans call a canker sore) is one of the most common things patients ask us about at Bradbury Dental Surgery. It's also one of the most misunderstood. Most heal on their own within two weeks. Some keep coming back. A small number need a proper look. This guide covers what causes mouth ulcers and canker so

All three move your teeth the same way. Brackets are bonded to each tooth, a thin archwire runs through them, and steady pressure does the work over months. The real differences between metal braces, ceramic braces and clear braces come down to how they look, how tough they are and how much looking after they need. One thing to clear up first. When people say "clear braces", they usually mean one of two very different things: tooth-coloured brackets on a wire, or removable pl

It's 2am, the back of your jaw is throbbing, and the chemist doesn't open for another six hours. Most wisdom tooth pain relief that works at home comes down to three things in this order: clean the area, cool the swelling, then take the right pain medication at the right dose. Not garlic. Not a poultice off TikTok. Here's what we walk patients through when they ring our Bradbury clinic with a flare-up, and how to tell the difference between a tooth that's just sore and one th

Most dental crowns last 10 to 15 years, and plenty carry on well past 20. But there's a detail that surprises almost everyone: when a crown "fails," the crown itself is usually still fine. It's the tooth underneath that's given way. That distinction matters, because it changes what you should be watching for and it changes how long a crown actually lasts in your mouth. So let's go through the real numbers, the reasons crowns give out, and the warning signs that mean yours des

All-on-4 is a full arch implant treatment that replaces a whole upper or lower set of teeth using four implants and one fixed bridge. Two implants go in straight at the front of the jaw. The back two are angled, which lets them anchor into denser bone further forward and often avoids the need for a bone graft. That's the concept in one paragraph. The reality takes a bit longer to explain, and there are a few things about all on 4 treatment that the marketing tends to skip ove