A written dental plan from a dentist is the most effective means of gaining an accurate quote, however for cosmetic work it is possible to work without one.
Digital images: For front teeth: Have your upper and lower teeth just touching and then smile. This action gives us an excellent view of your teeth in an occluded position. Then Place the thumbs under each side of your upper lip and pull up to reveal teeth and gum's. Repeat for lower.
For rear teeth: Hold camera at around 45 degrees to your lower or upper palette and around 12 inches or 30 cm from your mouth. Outside in natural light tends to give the best result. Feel free to send us as many image as you like...the more the merrier.
Tip. If you have a nice bright bathroom then point your camera at your reflection in the mirror. It's also much easier to get the correct position by looking at the screen on your camera and zooming etc.
Emailing X-raysX-rays are essential when planning major dental work but getting a copy from your local dentist can be a bit like wrestling jelly. Your punishment for daring to go elsewhere. Patients should be aware that they have paid for those X-rays and that they are quite within their rights to request the hard copy. Modern clinics should also have these records in file format that can be emailed.
If you've cleaned off the jelly and have your X-ray as a hard copy there are two effective methods to get them to us and neither of them include scanning. Which just doesn't work.
Method 1
Hold X-ray in front of a florescent light and simply take a picture with a digital camera making sure the camera flash is off . Upload it to your computer Then attach to email and send.
Method 2
Place or tape the X-Ray onto your computer monitor making sure you have a white background (blank word document is ideal)
Darken the room.
Take an image with a digital camera or web cam and attach to an email making sure the flash is off.This gives a much better result than scanning which tends to give a result that is too dark.
Dental Implants. If you cannot supply us with X-rays then we strongly advise patients to first seek a local dentists opinion as to your suitability for dental implants. Otherwise you risk being diagnosed as an unsuitable for dental implants after a clinical consultation.
If your dentist already has your x-rays on file then please advise them you are seeking a second opinion and ask them to send the X-rays in file format to
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