Treatment records
Dental treatment records from Seongnam, Korea
Real cases treated at The Seoul Dental, written in English for patients considering treatment in Korea. Each entry below is a summary — open one to read the full record. Patient-identifying details are removed.
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Clear Aligners or Fixed Braces: What Decides Which One Suits You
Neither appliance is the better one. Aligners only move teeth during the 20 to 22 hours a day they are worn; fixed braces move them regardless of what the patient…
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A Crack Under an Old Gold Inlay: Why a Molar Hurts Only When You Bite
A molar that gives a sharp jolt as you release a bite is usually cracked, not decayed – and where a gold inlay sits over it, the crack can reach…
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Decay in a Front Tooth: Why It Reaches the Nerve Sooner
A front tooth is small and its single canal is wide in proportion to it, so decay of the same depth is closer to the nerve than in a molar.…
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Is It Too Late to Have a Wisdom Tooth Out at 50? What Changes Is the Bone
Jaw bone becomes denser and less elastic with age, so the same impacted wisdom tooth is a longer operation at 55 than at 25. A horizontally lying lower third molar,…
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Notches Worn at the Gum Line: When Resin Is Enough and When It Is Not
A notch worn into the neck of a tooth is usually rebuilt with composite resin in a single visit. Where the wear has reached the pulp, as it had on…
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Headgear for a Child’s Protruding Bite: What It Does and What It Asks Of You
Headgear does not pull teeth back. It slows the upper jaw’s forward growth so the lower jaw catches up – which is why it only works during growth, and why…
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A Child’s Underbite: Why the Timing Decides the Options
The same underbite is a different problem in a child and in an adult. While the jaw is still growing its direction can be guided; once growth is finished it…
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Braces and an Implant Both Needed: Which Comes First?
Orthodontics moves teeth; an implant must not move. That conflict decides the order – and in this case the usual order was reversed, for a reason worth understanding.
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Can Clear Aligners Fix an Underbite Without Surgery?
A Class III underbite treated with clear aligners in an adult. What aligners moved, what they could not move, and how to tell which of the two your own case…
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A Front Tooth Turning Dark: What the Colour Is Telling You
A tooth darkening on its own is usually not staining. Grey means the nerve has died; black usually means decay. The two need different treatment, and the reason to act…
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Why the Same Filling Costs Different Amounts at Different Clinics
Cheaper is not proof of good value and dearer is not proof of overtreatment. What actually varies – and what the etching step has to do with how long a…
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Severe Crowding, Clear Aligners, No Extractions – and Deliberately Slow
Teeth badly out of line, in a patient who speaks for a living and could not wear visible braces. Extraction would have aged the face, and finishing quickly would have…