At Northmed Dental, our passion for dentistry and extraordinary patient care ensures that you receive a comfortable experience along with the highest quality results. We strive to help each patient achieve the healthiest and best looking smile possible. Our smiles are a huge reflection on how others see us and how we feel about ourselves.

Many of our patients come to us because they wish to improve their smile. We offer a free consultation to learn about how you can get the smile of your dreams leveraging the latest dental technology and materials. Working together, we build a customised treatment plan to achieve and maintain the optimal level of oral health and a brilliant smile.

Have you ever wanted a straighter smile, but didn’t want to deal with the look of traditional metal braces? Invisalign is a time-tested revolutionary alternative to braces that provides results that are just as good as braces but without the need for wires and brackets.

For adults, if you thought orthodontic treatment is only for teenagers, you will be happy to know that you can have straight teeth without anyone knowing that you are wearing your braces. Invisalign is virtually invisible to the casual viewer, so your smile will be bright and ready for your day-to-day demands.

At our Otahuhu dental clinic, we offer Invisalign clear braces that provide better results than traditional metal braces without the discomfort and inconvenience. If your smile:

• Is making you feel self-conscious.
• Contributing to TMJ pain.
• Causing problems with your bite.
• Has gaps in the front teeth you wish to close up.
• A front tooth is turned around.

Invisalign’s clear braces can help reduce or eliminate these issues.

Invisalign trays are custom made to fit your teeth, making them virtually unnoticeable when around other people. We provide our patients with a sequence of trays, each slightly different than the one before. Each new aligner provides a slight resistance to the teeth which forces them to move into the proper alignment over time. Invisalign is a popular choice for both teens and adults to achieve the smile they have always wanted without feeling self-conscious about wearing braces.

A lot of teenagers opt for orthodontic treatment because it’s a lot easier to move teeth now rather than wait for their adult years. Having that in place sets them up for not just a nice smile, but a properly functioning bite which avoids dental issues like TMJ down the road. Students from Rangitoto College can literally walk to our clinic for their Invisalign appointment.

There’s never been a better time to straighten your teeth with the most advanced clear aligner in the world. Our office is a certified platinum provider of Invisalign clear aligners, which give you a clear, convenient, and comfortable option to achieve the smile you’ve always wanted.

If your teeth have a dull look or have become darker or yellowed and bothers you, then you may be a candidate for our professional teeth whitening service. Northmed Dental, in the heart of Otahuhu, is proud to offer teeth whitening systems, which helps to diminish the appearance of discoloured teeth, and brighten your smile.

The enamel on your teeth can become stained for reasons that include:

• Advanced age.
• Dental trauma.
• Certain medications.
• Coffee, tea, and red wine.
• Foods with strong colours.
• Chewing tobacco.
• Smoking.

When you contact our practice for a free smile assessment, you’ll be able to get an idea of how white your teeth can look. Our professional tooth whitening solutions have the ability to make an amazing transformation of the appearance of your teeth. Professional grade whitening systems can whiten teeth by six shades or more vs. around two shades with solutions bought from the store.

Read more about our teeth whitening service here.

Dental crowns and dental bridges are a proven and reliable solution for correcting major dental problems caused by accidents and general wear and tear. High-grade porcelain or porcelain bonded to gold has proven to be the best choice of material for a crown. In the event you’ve had a dental trauma, or where teeth have broken away through excessive wear, or as the result of old fillings breaking, crowns and/or bridges can be used as a long-term restorative solution.

Dental crowns have many benefits, including:

• They look like your natural teeth.
• Fixes functional chewing problems.
• Restoring the structure of a tooth after a root canal.
• Strong replacements for damaged or worn teeth
• Offers support to misshapen teeth or badly broken teeth

Pain from the back molars may be due to cracks in the tooth. A crown over the affected tooth relieves the pain and allows a return of full dental function for these teeth. Read more about porcelain crowns here.

Dental implant technology is a proven method to replace missing teeth. False teeth or bridges have historically been the only viable solution, however with advancements in dental implants, they are considered a permanent alternative to removable partial or complete dentures. Implants have advanced over the years and now provide excellent support and stability for these dental appliances.

A dental implant is made with an artificial titanium root and post which are surgically placed into the jaw bone by our dentist.  The implant is precisely placed for maximum effect and stability. Artificial teeth, usually a crown, are then attached to the implants for a very natural looking smile.

Dental implants have been proven to be very durable and strong, functioning just like your natural teeth.

Reasons to consider dental implants include:

• Restores chewing, speech, and digestion.
• Replaces one or more missing teeth and suppors the jaw structure.
• Restores a patient’s confident smile.
• Resolves bite problems or joint pain when teeth have shifted into missing tooth space.

Dental implants are a great solution if you have lost one or more teeth to disease or decay, and you’d prefer not to have dentures/false teeth. They look and feel just like your natural teeth.

Read more about dental implants here.

From Auckland City Center:

1. Head southeast on State Highway 1.
2. Take Exit 433 toward Princes St/Otahuhu.
3. Merge onto Princes St, then continue onto Great South Rd.
4. Follow Great South Rd until you reach Avenue Rd.
5. Turn left onto Avenue Rd, and you’ll find our dental clinic on the left.

From Mangere:

1. Take State Highway 20A northbound.
2. Continue onto State Highway 20.
3. Take the exit toward Lambie Dr/Otahuhu.
4. Merge onto Great South Rd.
5. Continue on Great South Rd until you reach Avenue Rd.
6. Turn right onto Avenue Rd, and you’ll see our clinic on the left.

From Papatoetoe:

1. Head west on Station Rd toward St George St.
2. Turn left onto Portage Rd.
3. Continue onto Princes St, then onto Great South Rd.
4. Follow Great South Rd until you reach Avenue Rd.
5. Turn left onto Avenue Rd, and you’ll find our clinic on the left.