Category: Patient Stories
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Westcoast International Dental Clinic Wins WHATCLINIC.COM Award For Excellent Customer Service
Westcoast International Dental Clinic has been recognized with an award for excellent customer service by healthcare search engine WhatClinic.com, based on feedback by customers over a twelve month period. The award is based on feedback from patients, and combines scores for excellent customer service and timely consumer feedback. Customers rated clinics based on how well…
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Part 2 All-On-4 Dental Implants – No Pain or Swelling
One major advantage of All on Four Dental Implant surgery is that there is no need for bone grafting. Placing the implants in allows us to control the process of bone loss that occurs when teeth are taken out. This drawing illustrates bone loss that occurs once the remaining teeth are taken out. All on…
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Part 1: Westcoast Smile Design – All on 4 in Vietnam
Part 1: Westcoast Smile Design™ Our patient is a 66 year old Vietnamese grandmother who decided it was time to have a new smile. She has two grandsons of four and six years old and she realized they were very aware grandma had a strange smile. She decided to visit Westcoast for the main reason…
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My Bone Graft in Vietnam
While I was eating an apple, my front tooth fractured. I had a long history of problems with this tooth. My dentist in Darwin said it needed to come out and have an implant placed. He said my case would be challenging because I have a high smile and wanted a specialist to do it. …
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Tooth Needs a Crown, do I Have to Have Gold?
“I don’t want shiny gold teeth in my mouth,” voiced one of many patients that are told gold is the best material. Maybe not anymore, the choice has changed. When a tooth breaks, dentists have to place a crown on to protect the tooth. In the back of the mouth, gold still is a very…