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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Braces or Implants First? Why the Order Is Not Negotiable
An implant fuses to bone and stops moving. That single fact settles the sequence when a patient needs both aligners and implants – and getting it backwards cannot be undone.
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Dental Inlays: What the Five Materials Actually Trade Off
When a cavity is too large for a simple filling, an inlay is made to fit it. Resin, Tecera, ceramic, Lava and gold – what each is good at, what…
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Rebuilding a Mouth After Advanced Bone Loss: Grafting, Then Implants
Most of the lower teeth already gone, the rest mobile, and alveolar bone lost throughout. A staged plan over ten months: extractions, grafting, then implants upper and lower.
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What Happens Before a Wisdom Tooth Comes Out: The Examination Sequence
Oral examination, panoramic X-ray and, when the nerve canal overlaps, a 3D CT scan. What each step is looking for, and how it changes the way the tooth is removed.
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An Old Gold Crown That Started to Smell: Replacing It With Zirconia
An aching tooth and an odour from an old gold crown. The margin had lifted, decay had reached the nerve underneath, and the crown had to come off before anything…
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Wisdom Tooth Removal in Korea: The Scan, the Surgery and the Week After
A lower wisdom tooth lying sideways against the molar in front of it. Why a CT scan is taken before removal, how the nerve is avoided, and the aftercare that…
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Black Triangles and a Failing Resin Repair on Lower Front Teeth
Gaps between lower front teeth had been closed with composite resin years earlier. By the time the discolouration was noticed, an X-ray found root infection and bone loss underneath.
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Correcting an Underbite Without Jaw Surgery: A 30-Month Case
A Class III underbite in an adult, corrected with braces rather than orthognathic surgery. What decides whether surgery is needed, and why the case was deliberately finished slowly.
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Root Infection and Multiple Missing Teeth: Rebuilding a Whole Bite
Missing molars, a retained root, severe root-end infection and teeth tilted into the gaps. How a full-mouth plan of implants, crowns and a bridge was sequenced.
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Decay Under a Crown: Why a Root-Treated Tooth Gives No Warning
A crowned tooth that had been root treated years earlier had decayed underneath. Why removing the nerve also removes the warning system, and what four implants and a bone graft…
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Fractured Molars: Extraction and Implant in the Same Appointment
Three molars fractured below the gum line. Why immediate placement was possible, what the four advantages actually are, and how sinus lift and grafting fitted into a same-day surgery.
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A Loose Molar That Looked Fine: Bone Loss Underneath
A molar that appeared normal on examination but moved and hurt. The X-ray showed bone remaining only at the root tip – and why that decides between saving and replacing.