Implants
“The dentist Ray was very reassuring and friendly”
- Menisha
About Ray
Ray Loke | GDC: 83876 | BDS, MJDF RCS Eng, Dip Imp Dent RCSEd
Ray qualified from Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ Dental School in 2004 where he was awarded a merit in clinical dentistry. Since then, he has attended numerous courses that have provided him with a wealth of knowledge and confidence to successfully carry out a wide range of treatments from simple dental repairs to full smile makeovers.
Dr Loke has a real love for his patients and understands the importance of listening and keeping them at ease. Right from the initial consultation and throughout treatment, his friendly, calm and approachable chair side manner makes dentistry effortless. His laughter is instantly recognizable and always welcomed by the team.
Dr Loke has an interest in cosmetic and implant dentistry. He has been awarded a Diploma in Dental Implantology from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. Dr Loke is able to provide a wide range of dental implant treatments from extraction socket grafting to full arch teeth replacement. Whilst not at work, Dr Loke enjoys serving at his local church, baking, spoon carving and adventure travelling on his motorcycle!
What are dental implants?
At the Oakwood Clinic, Ray Loke providing dental implants, which are the new standard of care for tooth replacement. They are secured into the bone to provide long term support for crowns and dentures. Dental implants look and feel like natural teeth and can last a lifetime.
Why consider dental implants?
Tooth loss can make you feel uncomfortable about smiling, eating in public, impacting your self-confidence. In addition when a tooth is lost, the jawbone beneath it shrinks from lack of stimulation. This can change the shape of your face causing you to look prematurely aged.
Bridges and dentures do nothing to stop bone loss. Furthermore crown & bridge dentistry requires reshaping teeth leaving them at much greater risk for tooth failure. Dentures become uncomfortable and unstable over time causing eating and speech problems.
Dental implants offer a permanent solution to missing teeth, restoring both function and aesthetics to your smile. Ray Loke's expertise ensures precise placement and natural-looking results. Unlike traditional dentures, implants integrate seamlessly with your jawbone, providing stability and preventing bone loss. Dental implants are wise investment in your oral health. Say goodbye to gaps in your smile and hello to renewed confidence with dental implants from Ray Loke at The Oakwood Clinic.
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Individual tooth options
Whether your missing tooth is at the front or back of the mouth, we are able to replace it with a dental implant without altering the healthy adjacent teeth. Once the implant is placed, this will provide support for your final crown, resulting in a restored smile, optimal chewing ability and preserving healthy teeth and jawbone.
Multiple teeth options
If you are missing multiple teeth, if all your upper and lower teeth are missing or if your existing dentures are falling out and are unstable, at The Oakwood Clinic we can help improve your situation. We can place multiple implants to support a multiple tooth bridge or firmly secure and stabilise a denture with special implant attachments.
Your Treatment Journey
Your Consultation
During our initial assessment, we get to know you and listen to any concerns you have before looking at your teeth. Certain uncontrolled medical conditions may decrease implant treatment effectiveness, so it is vital in finding out whether implant treatment is for you.
We realise no two people are the same and by information gained through a thorough examination, scans and x-rays a tailored treatment plan will be formulated for you. Occasionally, other dental treatments such as gum treatment, orthodontic or bone or gum tissue grafts will be necessary to create the optimal environment to ensure the long term success of your implants.
We’ll also give you an in-depth treatment estimate and present you with all of the options available.
The fee for the consultation appointment is from £100, subject to further investigations required.
Your treatment
Dental implants are placed under local anaesthetic into the bone employing state of the art equipment. Advanced techniques such as synthetic bone grafting and L-PRF therapy are used to aid and enhance the healing and recovery process.
The utmost care and attention is provided by Ray and the team at the Oakwood Clinic. This results in a controlled, comfortable, relatively pain-free procedure, leading to great results for your treatment.
The bone and gums will be given adequate time to heal before the crown, bridge or denture is attached restoring your natural smile and function.
The fee for an implant with a single unit crown is from £2750.
Your Aftercare
At The Oakwood clinic we believe dental implants are not fitted and forgotten, after your implant placement, multiple review appointments are provided at no additional cost to ensure adequate healing has taken place before your new implant teeth are provided.
Like everything, dental implants require simple maintenance, therefore we strongly advise you to attend the clinic at six monthly intervals after your implant teeth have been provided for routine inspections and hygiene sessions.
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