BLOG Archives - Dr. Phil Bennett

Apr 29 2016

The Role of the Dental Hygienist and Dental Implants

I was struck this morning by the in adequacy of training in implant dentistry for some of my dental colleagues. I accept referrals and every week I am sent patients from other practices. I help to diagnose problems, and try to help them by placing implants and their associated restorations if it is ...

Mar 11 2016

I’m having my dental implants done abroad-it’s better and cheaper!

A very nice lady consulted me couple of years back, with regard to providing her with several dental implants around her mouth. She was in fact desperately in need of some sort of dental restoration. She had an ill-fitting acrylic denture, which jumped and moved when she eat. She had missi...

Mar 01 2016

I can’t have implants. I don’t have enough bone.

I often hear patients say I can't have implants. I don't have enough bone. I am delighted to be able to tell everyone that this is almost universally untrue! It might be that at the time of consultation, that they don't have enough bone volume. However, in these enlightened days, all experienced Imp...

Feb 22 2016

Why Are Dental Implants So Expensive?

Often people ask me, why are dental implants so expensive? The question itself is flawed, how expensive is relative to each individual person and their individual values. For instance, a 70 foot Sunseeker motor yacht is an enormously expensive item to the normal man on the street, but merely pocket ...

Feb 17 2016

How do you choose an Implantologist?

One of the questions that has been a constant difficulty, both from me, and my potential patients, is the question â€how do I choose an Implantologist

Jul 01 2015

The fear of losing our teeth

The fear of losing our teeth or in fact, a single tooth is one that many people, understandably experience.Â For many people, the prospect of a seemingly complex procedure and permanently replacing the tooth with a dental implant is simply too much. Instead, they leave a gap or resort to a dentur...

Mar 13 2014

Microclimate

I left home this morning at 0630, in the trusty Cooper S to drive to Lyme, only to find that I could only see 10 metres! Having crawled to work in by now a grumpy mood; I dropped down the hill into Uplyme into bright sunshine. Lovely, my whole day improved, the sea twinkled, warmth ...

Feb 07 2014

Sunshine!

Rain rain rain, it's like a tropical rainforest without the trees and the heat! At last today some sunshine and this makes everyone feel better, I have noticed that generally people seem to go into hibernation in the rainy weather, they don't feel good, don't want treatment, they just feel miserable...

Jan 22 2014

Time flies when you are enjoying yourself!

Yesterday was a great day, I had one patient in the entire day. The reason for this lack of clients was that we were carrying out a procedure termed "teeth in a day" The patient arrives in the morning and in the space of several hours is transformed from a dental disaster into a fully dentate human ...

Jan 20 2014

Feeling good about yourself!

I am moaning and groaning about a bad knee, caused by a fall on Christmas Day, Ha! I hear you shout, serves him right for his over-indulgence! Not a bit of it; slipped on a wet door frame, since then, three sports massage appointments and a chiropractor session, no better. So today I am off to the d...