3203. Temporary crown takes 2.5 hours to fix on Jul 16, 2018. Crown on Aug 6, 2018

Jul 16, 2018  Monday 8am to 9.30 am  National  Dental Centre, Singapore


Local anaesthetic
Lots of drilling. Can smell smoke.
Two thumbs to hold up mold on upper teeth.
Temporary plastic crown fixed. Chew and bite to seal it.
No flossing downwards or crown will be dislodged. Use floss brush from private dentist.
If crown is dislodged
3 weeks on Aug 6 will get permanent crown.



Aug 6, 2018. NDC, Rm 18, Dr Christina Sim
Permanent crown fixed today
Cleaned up teeth with scaler
Applied gold filling
Technician came in to re-adjust
To wait 45 minutes but was ready much earlier.

Bite, bite, bite
Cement on
Crown should not drop off.
No guarantee tooth will decay
Mirror into the mouth to show the gold filling to me.
Gentle hands, Excellent communicator


If worried about taurus, make appt with Dr Andrew Tay, head of Oral Dept.


Teamwork is excellent. 

1. Root canal treatment. Dr Lim S K
2. Gum treatment and crown lengthening. Dr Chee Hoe Kit
3. Crown. Dr Christina Sim Poh Choo

Dr Lim Sor Kheng

National Dental Centre Singapore

Clinical - Restorative Dentistry

Consultant

BDS (Singapore), MDS (Operative Dentistry)(Singapore), FAMS

Clinical Senior Lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry
Department of Restorative Dentistry CFS

Cl A/Prof Sim Poh Choo, Christina

National Dental Centre Singapore

Clinical - Restorative Dentistry

Head (Dental Surgery Assistant Programme), Senior Consultant

BDS (Singapore), MSc (Conservative Dentistry)(UK), FAMS

Clinical Senior Lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry
Department of Restorative Dentistry CFS

Dr Chee Hoe Kit

National Dental Centre Singapore

Clinical - Restorative Dentistry

Consultant

BDS (Singapore), MDS (Periodontology)(Singapore), MRD RCS (Edinburgh)

Clinical Lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry
Department of Preventive Dentistry CFS