07/10/2026
A look behind the scenes at Sydney Implant Institute. Fourteen years as a patient, and a catch up with Dr Mark Braund. Continuity matters in dental care. When the same team sees you over the years, your history is already known and changes over time can be easier to spot. The check itself is next, so swipe.
Six-monthly hygiene visit with Shaista Said, oral health therapist. All-on-4 teeth need looking after just like natural teeth do. Professional cleans and checks assess the gums around the implants and clean areas that are hard to reach at home, because plaque can build up around implants without any pain. All-on-4 by Nobel Biocare.
Provisional crowns are a trial run. They let the team assess shape, bite and how they sit day to day before the final crowns are made. Adjustments happen at this stage, so the final result can be refined with you.
Daily huddle before the first patient. The team goes through who is coming in and where they are up to in treatment, so everyone is across the plan before you walk through the door.
Three months in a temporary bridge, then the final one. That stage gives time to see how the bite and look work day to day before the final bridge is made. Valentyna, our treatment coordinator, is with patients through each step.
The crown is designed on a digital scan of the mouth. Shape is checked from the cheek side and the tongue side before anything is made.
Then the finishing step. A zirconia implant crown is glazed, which refines the surface and appearance before it comes to the clinic.
Moulds and bite reviewed together by our treatment coordinator and dentist. Teeth meet thousands of times a day, so small differences in the bite can affect how restorations wear and feel. Reviewing it together means everyone is working from the same information.
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