At St. Luke’s Clinic in Chernivtsi region, there is a modernly equipped dental department staffed with highly qualified specialists – dentists and nurses.

All types of dental care are provided here, including:

• extraction of teeth of any complexity;
• comprehensive treatment of oral cavity and gum diseases, such as gingivitis, stomatitis, caries, periodontitis, pulpitis, periodontitis;
• treatment of injuries and neoplasms of the maxillofacial system;
• radiological examinations of the dentoalveolar apparatus with interpretation of results;
• professional oral hygiene procedures;
• correction of congenital and acquired dentoalveolar anomalies;
• aesthetic restoration of teeth;
• tooth-preserving outpatient surgeries;
• various methods of dental prosthetics.

The health of the entire body largely depends on the state of the oral cavity, as diseased teeth not only perform their functions poorly, which harms digestion, but also become a source of many dangerous infections.

However, the condition of teeth and gums is influenced by several factors at once:

• care and hygiene;
• environment and nutrition;
• heredity;
• diseases;
• injuries.

But fortunately, many problems with teeth, gums, and jaws are successfully resolved or at least corrected by modern medicine.

Specialists of the dental department of St. Luke’s Clinic will help painlessly and reliably treat diseased teeth, remove those unsuitable for treatment, get rid of the consequences of injuries, restore or aesthetically correct the dentition.

Dentistry as a whole deals with the treatment of a range of oral problems, from toothache and mucosal inflammation to the removal of neoplasms and purulent foci. Therefore, a good dental clinic employs specialists of various profiles: therapists, surgeons, orthodontists, periodontists, radiologists, etc.

Reasons to visit a dental clinic

• Toothache, including non-acute. It would be a big mistake to postpone a visit to the doctor for a not very strong or periodically occurring toothache. Relying on the fact that “it will pass by itself” or self-medication will help, patients very often come to the appointment already with an acute inflammatory process, an abscess, including purulent melting of the jawbone, etc. And with timely treatment, it would be much faster and cheaper.
• Preventive examination. It is recommended to undergo at least once a year even in the absence of alarming symptoms, as well as during pregnancy planning or during pregnancy.
• Change in tooth color. Yellowing or gray color may indicate the appearance of plaque. Blackness is a sign of a serious tooth disease that will inevitably lead to destruction if left untreated.
• Bleeding, discoloration, swelling of the gums, the appearance of any neoplasms or changes, recession of the soft gum tissues from the teeth – all these are signs of diseases requiring treatment.
• Bad breath is also most often a sign of diseases of the teeth and gums.
• Increased tooth sensitivity is often a consequence of damage to tooth enamel or the beginning of an inflammatory process. This is also a reason to visit a dentist.
• Chronic and frequently occurring diseases of the upper respiratory tract are very often associated with infections in the oral cavity. Untreated teeth can spread pathogenic microflora into the nasopharynx for years.
• Need for restoration, prosthetics, dental implantation. One should not think that a damaged or lost tooth is a trifle if this defect does not interfere too much with chewing and does not spoil the appearance. In fact, the loss of each tooth is a risk of deformation of the entire dentition, or even both. The “opposing” tooth on the other jaw, not meeting resistance, can gradually protrude. The installation of a high-quality prosthesis in the damaged area will prevent this.
• Defects of the dentoalveolar system of congenital or acquired nature. Many of them are eliminated without surgical intervention. Even if a destroyed, damaged, loose tooth does not bother too much, you should definitely consult a dentist. Timely measures allow either to save the tooth, or to restore it, or to take measures against further deterioration.

Important: an incorrect bite not only spoils the appearance, but also impairs chewing, and over time leads to tooth damage.

When a tooth has to be extracted

Despite the development of dental techniques and technologies that allow saving teeth even with significant destruction and advanced disease, sometimes extraction is unavoidable.

Indications for tooth extraction

• Impacted, i.e., a tooth that has not erupted normally – most often the eighth, the so-called wisdom tooth.
• Dystopic, i.e., a tooth that is incorrectly positioned, tilted, or rotated. This applies to teeth with significant positional abnormalities.

In both these cases, problems such as pressure on an adjacent tooth, trauma and swelling of soft tissues, deformation of the dentition, and interference with prosthetics may arise. A dystopic tooth can protrude outwards, lifting the lip.

• Severe destruction. If treatment and restoration are no longer possible, timely and careful extraction will be the best solution, after which prosthetics or implantation can be performed.
• Periodontitis in a severe stage, when the roots are already exposed, and the tooth itself is noticeably loose.
• Root fracture.
• Deep vertical crack.

The dental department of St. Luke’s Clinic in Chernivtsi region has everything necessary to thoroughly examine teeth, assess their condition and treatment prospects, perform indicated therapeutic and corrective procedures, and, if necessary, surgical intervention and prosthetics. We are guided primarily by the principle of minimal intervention, minimal invasiveness. When diagnosing and developing a treatment strategy, not only the patient’s dental characteristics but also their general condition are taken into account.