Category: News

Date: 2012-12-15

While images on digital screens in his clinics (Byculla, Tardeo and Bandra) show you what dental transformations he can achieve, cosmetically, Dr Ashdin Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics (dental prosthetics), MGM Dental College and Hospital, and co-author of Art and Science of Aesthetic Dentistry attributes his sparkling smile to good old-fashioned oral hygiene.
This father of two tells us that his entire family switched to battery-powered toothbrushes a few years ago, and he highly recommends that others do the same. Citing a study conducted in Iowa University, which was published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, Turner shares that though the gadget was initially devised for individuals with reduced motor skills, “this study established that using it, correctly achieved 67 per cent plaque reduction, as compared to a toothbrush.” Turner points out that changing toothbrushes doesn’t help.

“The brush needs to be held so that the spinning bristles are in contact with the scalloped margins. Let the bristles spin where the gums meet the teeth, on the inside of the tooth as well as outside, so that the teeth and the gums are treated.” Additionally, the Turner family gargles with Colgate Total Plax after every meal and before bedtime, “we brush using the battery-powered toothbrushes and then floss.”

Date: 2010-08-08

This is the story of our lovely patient and now friend Ms. Reina Couture. Reina met Dr. Turner in Montreal Canada when he was on one of his lecture circuits in Canada.

She explained to him that from an early age of 11 she started with her dental problems and due to financial reasons she lost all her teeth one by one . Reina was a young beautiful exuberant girl and by the age of 20 was wearing dentures. As she told us “ I hated them and they were the reason that robbed me of my smile !” Reina had consulted a few dentists in Montreal who had suggested extensive bone grafts from the hip and reconstructive surgery and finally implants with ceramic teeth….the expenses of all this as she puts it would ve “ forced her to sell her home.”

Reina’s case was undoubtedly very challenging. With extensive bone loss due to wearing dentures for the last 40 years has melted the bone away. However Dr. Turner assured her that if she visited them at their Dental Implant Institute in Mumbai India they could make the impossible …possible!!

And sure they did! After extensive bone grafts and full mouth implant placements Reina got back her smile back she deserved….she threw her Dentures away which were the bane of her normal life. Today Reina has the most beautiful smile that you can ever imagine…with her confidence renewed .When she left for home the last time, she thanked us and said “You All saved my life”.

Date: 2013-11-14

At the recently conducted European Association of Osseointegration EAO congress in 2013 Oct,Dublin,Dr.Turners actively participated in the scientific sessions and workshops. Infact there are ongoing studies and research done at their Dental Institute and Centers on how to grow bone around implants.How a dental implant interfaces with host bone in either optimal or suboptimal states in variable time spans.
At a recently held conference Dr.Turner addressed the rapt audience with the current scenario in the population in the world plagued with tooth loss …. ‘’ The loss of human teeth and the problems Concomitant have plagued mankind for many years now. Each year millions of people lose their teeth because of decay, disease, accidents, and even old age. About 55 million adult teeth are lost annually in the United States,and it is estimated that up to 30% of all adults have no natural teeth left. Thus, the problem is as real today as in antiquity.” Dental implants come just in time to meet the wants and needs of these patients who treat dental implants no longer as a luxury but a necessary part of their lifestyle. At Dr.Turners Institute dental implants are placed with scientific principles backed evidence in a sterile environment with the help of latest in 3D technology. This gives them an accurate placement ,time after time with no margin of error!

Date: 2013-11-14

Porcelain veneers make Dr. Turners patients smiles brighter, more youthful, and even stronger than before. Our team designs and completes head-turning smile makeovers  for our patients, with greatly enhanced durability and life-like appearance. Your bright, new smile could be only two appointments away!

How can porcelain veneers in help you? These small porcelain covers are created layer by layer by an experienced dental laboratory ceramist, under the direction of a very qualified cosmetic dentist. Dr.Turners Dental Centers are perhaps the only Center in India that have their very own state of the at Dental technological laboratory . By creating various thicknesses, shades, opaqueness and translucency in each layer their highly qualified ceramists bake a porcelain veneer that actually mimics how our natural teeth are constructed. With new, stronger and thinner materials, Dr.Turners Dental Cosmetic Centers in Mumbai can now be even more conservative with the preparation –yet still experience the same coverage and dazzling, realistic results!

Date: 2013-12-01

Predictable and Safe clinical practice in implant dentistry requires an accurate investigation of the availability of bone for implant placement and the avoidance of critical anatomical structures. Dr. Turners and their highly qualified team of implantologist use modern imaging techniques like computed tomography (CT) and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) that provides the clinician with the required vital information. The imaging thus obtained provides accurate representation of the height, width and length of the available bone. In addition, accurate information about the bone density in Hounsfield units enables them to; understand the hardness or softness of the bone beforehand.

Modern software also provides the facility to decide interactively upon the correct positioning of the implants on the 3-D software of the jaws on the computer before the actual implant placements in the mouth. Also with this vital information surgical guide for the accurate positioning of the implants can be constructed.

Their state of the art dental laboratory is equipped with CAD/CAM technology which completely eliminates the inaccuracies and ensures accurate and precise fitting implant crowns and bridges that will last you a lifetime.

Date: 2014-02-05

At a recently held  Dental conference, in Mumbai, India  Dr. Turner was an invited guest lecturer. He  delivered a lecture on the different aspects of  full mouth rehabilitation with Dental Implants and a combination of All Ceramic CAD-CAM dental crowns and veneers.

Date: 2014-02-11

I would like to thoroughly recommend Dr. Turners Dental Practice for their dental implant procedure. I had 6 implants in the upper & 6 in the lower jaw by the wonderful dental surgeons at Dr. Turners (Dr. Ashdin, Dr. Ferzin & Dr. Radhika). The Practice was founded by Prof. Dr. Porus S. Turner, a reknown & well respected Dental Practitioner throughout the world, who is also the Author of a book titled CLINICAL GUIDE TO ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY STEP BY STEP PROCEDURES.

Dr. Turners provided me with a worry free pick up & drop off service from and to the airport, as well as the offer of very comfortable accommodation at their apartment in Parel at very reasonable rates.
The service provided by Dr. Ashdin, Dr. Ferzin & Dr. Radhika was, in a word, “excellent”.
The approach was professional and friendly with all the doctors readily available and able to explain each aspect of the procedure I was undergoing. This gave me a great deal of confidence that I was getting the very best dental treatment, this being at a very affordable price. A very important aspect of the dental practice is the state of the art laboratory next door headed up by Mr. Danesh Vazifdar. By having the lab at such close proximity, communication lines were excellent and the high quality work such as the 24 Unit implant ceramic crowns (12 upper & 12 Lower) they constructed for me, was of the highest quality. They also constructed upper & lower dentures which were very comfortable for me in the interim period. Given I had come from a long way overseas, the lab was excellent in completing the ceramic implant crowns in a very short period. I was very impressed with the overall dental treatment provided by Dr Turners, and, most importantly the outcome, in particular the ability to smile again with confidence and even more importantly to be able to eat again in comfort.

It was wonderful to be able to munch once again on an apple with confidence for the first time in seven years!
My sincere thanks to each of the very professional dental practitioners at Dr. Turners as well as their able support staff who have acted in my very best interests and successfully restored my smile and ability to enjoy my food once again.
Thank you Prof. Dr. Porus Turner, Dr. Ashdin Turner, Dr. Ferzin Turner Vazifdar, Dr. Radhika Parekh & Mr. Danesh Vazifdar.

Darryl D’Souza.