Facial Aesthetics

I am proud to now offer facial aesthetic treatment in the form of Botulinum Toxin - A injections and dermal fillers.

I have a lot of patient who clench and grind their teeth that can cause a lot of damage to jaw joints and teeth and also quite a bit of muscle pain. One way to effectively control the discomfort is to use Botox in the muscles that activate the clenching and grinding. I wanted to offer this treatment to my patients.

Just as with my clinical dentistry skills, I wanted to be able to provide the most up-to-date, effective and safe treatment and so I decided to learn from the best: Doctor Bob Khanna.

Spending time at the Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute has given me an exceptional basis in which to deliver fantastic anti-ageing and facial rejuvenation techniques that are safe and effective. I’ve found that this closely complemented my existing skill set in assessing faces that is needed when it comes to treatment planning patients smiles: their proportions, symmetry and age related changes. This has been something I have been honing by examining patients for orthodontic issues to planning patient’s worn or very broken down teeth, to designing a smile enhancement.

I found the Botox and Dermal Fillers procedures relied heavily on a deep understanding of head and neck anatomy as well as pharmacological and biological knowledge. Dentists are required to have a fundamental comprehension of these plus an inherent injection technique built on comfort and safety that affords us a specialised ability to deliver these aesthetic enhancing treatments.

I also believe that aesthetics being subjective can cause some problems that I have been able to overcome. This is no more apparent than when planning a smile make-over. It is essential to understand the wants and needs of the patient and to establish what they envision the changes to be. This gets the patient and dentist on the same page and gets the patient involved in the planning process that enables the dentist to deliver a pleasing result.

I’m excited to be able to offer my existing and new patients these non-surgical procedures that will further increase the aesthetic options available to them.