Dr Nissit Patel attended the European Association of Osseointegration (EAO) Congress from 24th-26th September in Lisbon, Portugal. This was a wonderful event, with incredible presentations from world renowned speakers, live surgery, a wonderful trade fair and educational events. There is always so much to learn in the world of dental implants and it is great to be able to connect with our European and world wide colleagues at such events. 

Congratulations to the EAO for organising such a successful event and we look forward to seeing you next year in Madrid!

Dr Nissit Patel has just been awarded Associate Fellowship title by the College of General Dentistry. Associate Fellowship of the College recognises enhanced knowledge and skills, and demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and the highest levels of patient care. This is a highly prestigious aware and we are absolutely delighted for him. 

We are committed and passionate about learning and improving to provide the highest levels of dental care to our patients. This award is testament to our ethos and a great achievement for the entire team here at Progressive Dentistry.
 

Christmas is here and our opening times this year are: 

Tuesday 23rd December 0900-1700

Christmas Eve 0900-1300 Reception only

Christmas Day Closed

Boxing Day Closed

Saturday 27th 0900-1430 Reception only

Monday 29th 1000-1300

Tuesday 30th 0900-1300 Hygiene only

New Years Eve 0900-1300 Reception only

New Years Day Closed

Friday 2nd January Normal opening times resume

In the case of an emergency out of hours , please call us on 0207 7311162 and speak with our 24/7 reception. We will then call you back for advice even on Christmas Day! 

Have a fantastic Christmas and Happy New Year!

We are delighted to announce that Dr Nissit Patel and Paula Ryan are finalists at this years Private Dentistry Awards for the Practice Principal and Practice Manager of the year. Being shortlisted is a fabulous achievement and we are delighted to make the finals once again for the third year in a row. 

We are extremely passionate about our chosen profession and work tirelessly to improve year on year to provide the very best in dental care possible. The awards nomination is a great honour and we are truly delighted. Fingers crossed for the big day!
 

We celebrated our 15th birthday in style on the 6th December with a packed reception enjoying glasses of English Fizz from Kingscote, Denbies and Balfour winerys and food from Papa Ciccia's in Fulham. It was so nice to see patients who have been with us from the very beginning, new clients and new businesses from Fulham High Street attending.

Our charity raffle was a great success with the winners of some great prizes announced including ZOOM in surgery whitening, take home tooth whitening kits, Oral B electric toothbrushes, a Christmas hamper donated by our neighbour Dr Espresso, a case of High Water hard seltzer donated by the owner and one of our patients, Waterpik air floss units, bottles of English Sparkling wine and beer from Exeter Brewery! Phew, what a list. We managed to raise over £3000 for Alzheimer's Society, a brilliant team effort for a wonderful cause. 

What a journey it has been. Here's to another 15 years, cheers!
 

November 2024 marks 15 years since Dr Nissit Patel took over the dental practice on Fulham High Street and what a journey it has been. To celebrate, we are holding a practice reception on 6th December from 1700-1900. Come and join us for drinks, nibbles and pick up a free goody bag! 

We will be holding two charity raffles with 100% of the proceeds going to Alzhemeir's Society. The prizes for raffle 1 include:

ZOOM tooth whitneing in surgery

Take home whitening kits

Oral B Pro 3 electric toothbrushes

Waterpik Ultra Plus corded and cordless water flossers

A case of High Water hard seltzer dontated by the founder Nick Britton

A case of Exeter brewery organic lager

A Trio of English wines

Christmas hamper from Dr Espresso next door to us

Raffle 2 is for tickets for Fulham Vs Arsenal on 8th December with seats on the new Riverside stand. What a game that promises to be! 

In addition, we will be holding a children's toothbrushing clinic at 1730 with special goody bags for the little ones. 

We would love to see you then!
 

Peri implantitis is becoming a major issue for dental implants and it is important to be aware of this when embarking on implant treatment to replace missing teeth. The term relates to a number of factors around implants but the main issues are:

1. Inflammation of the surrounding mucosa ( gum )

2. Increased pocket depths around the dental implant

3. Bleeding on probing

4. Suppuration ( pus oozing from the tissues)

5. Loss of bone around the implant either in a horizontal , vertical or both directions. 

This differs from peri implant mucositis where there is bleeding on probing, possible swelling and inflammation and increase in pocket depths BUT there is NO loss of bone around the implants. Peri implant mucositis is reversible but peri implantitis is irreversible. Diagnosis is essential and the earlier the treatment, the better the diagnosis. Often, the disease may go un noticed, very much like gum disease, but once symptoms develop it is often too late to prevent bone loss. It is essential that regular dental and hygiene visits are maintained after dental implant treatments so that any problems can be spotted at an early stage. In general, we would advise twice yearly appointments or quarterly hygiene appointments if there has been past gum disease present.
 

Today is the winter solstice and officially the shortest day of the year. Longer days are here to come! We also mark the run into Christmas and our opening times are :

Friday 22nd December 0900-1300

Saturday 23rd December 0900-1430 Reception only

Christmas eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day Closed

Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th, Friday 29th, Saturday 30th 0900-1400 Reception only

New Years Day Closed

January 2nd Normal opening times resume

In the event of a dental emergency out of hours, please leave a message with the offsite reception who are available 24/7 and one of the team will assist you, even on Christmas Day. 

From all of the team at Progressive Dentistry, we wish you a very merry Christmas and Happy New year!
 

At Progressive Dentistry in Fulham, we are huge advocates of minimally invasive dentistry and have been preaching this philosophy for many years. Early detection, prevention and intervention when needed, will have far better outcomes in the long term. In terms of dentistry, tooth decay is one of our most common diseases to treat. In the days of the past, teeth were heavily drilled with large cavities made so that amalgam (metal) fillings could be packed in. This would seem quite archaic now and thankfully, we have vastly superior solutions.