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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition No. 3 2015

30 Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | May-June 2015referral clinic “Cosmetic Dentistry is a necessity” The first ISO 9001 certified dental centre By Dr. Ammar Alekri, Bahrain C osmetics is a necessity. We then start talking about the cosmetic treat- ment of teeth of which Dr. Alekri said explaining: “There is a mis- conception about what is called teeth cosmetics that it is some sort of luxury. This is not accu- rate because most of these treat- ments are necessary.” Dentist, oral and dental surgeon Dr. Ammar Alekri stressed that most of the treatments the teeth need are necessary to achieve the perfect health of the mouth and teeth, and that is what is called “a cosmetic treatment”, also necessary to maintain healthy teeth. He further explained that the role of dentists is preventive in the first place and therapeutic in the second. He continued: “Yet, the general culture that we have now directs the individual not to resort to the dentist until after feeling pain. We are aiming at changing this cultural pattern and are trying persistently to persuade everyone of the im- portance of maintaining the pe- riodic examinations, especially dental examinations.” Prevention is better than cure Dr. Ammar Al-Ekry started his speech talking about hopes of dentists to take a more preven- tive than therapeutic role with patients of dental clinics. He said that: “The general culture in our society creates a correlation between consulting a physician and the disease. This concept is incorrect, and this pattern of thinking should be changed.” He pointed out that it is very im- portant for the person to visit the physician to perform the neces- sary examination periodically. He explained: “When a person specifies a periodic schedule to visit the dentist once every 6 months, this will allow the den- tist to examine the mouth and teeth, and remove lime from the gum and teeth as well as other accumulations if needed. At the same time, the dentist will be able to identify any medical con- ditions in an early stage and pro- vide the appropriate treatment for them. Dr. Ammar further mentions that many of those who are treat- ing themselves from tooth decay or gum disease or other diseases believe that the treatment ends at the last session of the thera- peutic program, thus neglecting the periodic examinations. They only resort to the dentist when they feel pain again. He pointed out that implanting missing teeth due to a disease or a symptom is very necessary for a proper chewing process of food. He said: “From a general image prospective, losing teeth Dr. Ammar Alekri, Bahrain - owner of the first ISO 9001 certified dental centre distorts the general image of the face, and from a practical pro- spective, this leads to weakening the chewing process and speech in which the integrated teeth system represents the main part. Thus, it becomes necessary to implant a tooth to compensate for the lost one. He pointed out that teeth im- plants are very easy and the chances of pain are little with the development of treatment. He added: “Especially that the center possesses the 3-D pano- ramic X-ray machine which diagnose and facilitate the plan- ning process of the treatment with the optimum accuracy.” Dr. Ammar further stressed that the process of implanting the artificial tooth in its place takes a period between 5-10 minutes at maximum. “Another exam- ple that illustrates the need for “cosmetic dental treatment” is obvious for any patient who un- derwent nerve treatment. The treated tooth becomes rigid, similar to an object made of glass and prone to break, it be- comes very important to protect the tooth by cocooning it with what is commonly called “a crown”. Dr. Ammar added: “it is ironic that insurance policies cover nerve treatment as a dis- ease, while not covering the sec- ond part of the treatment which is protecting the tooth with “a crown” from any break. The insurance policy covers remov- ing the broken tooth, yet doesn’t cover teeth implanting consider- ing this to be cosmetic surgery. Hepointedouttheimportanceof validating insurance responsible and reconsidering this topic very well to define the difference be- tween treatment and cosmetics in mouth and teeth diseases. Modify your life style When addressing the issue of disease prevention, Dr. Alekri said: “An individual can protect himself from a lot of teeth and gum diseases by modifying his life style, which causes a lot of health problems at the level of oral health and overall health”. Dr. Alekri added: “Dietary habits and quality of food that we eat, generally, lack adequate serv- ings of vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products. These food types contain a small percent- age of sugars and rich with basic components that human body needs.” He also added: “In con- trast, a food and beverages that we eat daily are rich in sugars, acids and industrial colors and the most prominent example of this are soft drinks. I have found that it the cause behind a lot of the mouth and teeth diseases that afflict Center clients in the age group between 12-22 years.” Dr. Alekri said: “The habit of eat- ing dinner late is very bad and affects the teeth in the long run even while maintaining washed before going to sleep.” Dr. Alekri also expressed his dis- satisfaction with the significant- ly spread of the habit of smoking amongBahrainisbetweenmales and females, indicating negative effects on the teeth and mouth. He hoped that the society could change the dietary patterns and trend towards healthy dietary patterns and quitting unhealthy habits as such mentioned. Tooth Engineering As for his objectives that made him open the Dr. Ammar Alekri Dental Centre, Dr. Alekri said: “The opening of a private clinic or medical center is considered the ambition of every doctor and the financial capability contrib- utes to acceleration or slowing down the achievement of this dream.” He added: “Tamkeen Program, that supports small and medium enterprises, con- tributed in with my support, developing my clinic that was built on the philosophy of pay- ing attention to the patients be- fore the start of treatment, as it supplied the clinic with the lat- est high-quality devices in the field of dental treatment, which included Lasers, X-ray equip- ments and assistive devices in dentistry.” Dr. Alekri added: “Comes before the equipments, the medical staff that specializes in various dental treatments, es- pecially the cosmetic treatment of all kinds, which offers on my hands and the hands of Dr. Mohamed Ismail.” Referring to that they had received many of the necessary courses of beau- ty therapy at the University of UCLA (one of the most prestig- ious American universities). Dr. Ammar said: “The centre departments are equipped with an electronic network linking all departments with each other from the Department of Regis- tration and Reception to the six clinics, then to the Radiology De- partment. Today, our centre has become “A paperless work en- vironment”. He explained: “Our commitment to our patients to comply with the highest pro- fessional standards in the field of oral health and dental care, has qualified us to get the qual- ity certificate ISO: 9001: 2008, the certificate that enhance the confidence of our clients to our center, and assured to us the progress of work in the organi- zation. According to the highest profes- sional standards and certified by accredited party. Alekri said: “That made us very happy, the consulting body (Jafcon) re- vealed to us that the centr had applied a lot of technical and administrative matters that matched the requirements for the adoption of quality certifica- tion, according to the testimony of Bureau Veritas, the accredited party of the issuance of the cer- tificate in the world.” He also added: “This is what makes us proud and determined to provide the best services ac- cording to the highest standards of quality, also leads us to ac- celerate the application of our future plans to obtain quality certification in other areas, es- pecially the environment.” He also revealed his ambition to manufacture dentures inside the centre, he said: “Big advances in the world of medicine quoted treatment for advanced stages on both the treatment methods and the devices used.” He add- ed: “Recently, the acquisition of the necessary devices for manu- facturing dental dentures at clin- ics has become easy. Currently, I have the ambition to acquire the devices used to design the dental dentures.” He explained: “The device will also enable me to make the de- sign of tooth dimensions which I want to plant for the patient, then it will send the data to the company specialized in the den- tal industry. This will save the time and will ensure that the dental implants process will be done by structures that I have done, which means higher qual- ity.” He said that he seeks to ful- fill his dream of establishing a specialized hospital in dentistry which offers the best services to the highest standards. Dr. Ammar Alekri Dental Centre in Bahrain. ISO 9001 certified.

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