Implantology

Implantology is the branch of Oral Medicine concerned with the rehabilitation of the oral cavity through the placement of dental implants. Consequently, it is also part of its scope the bone regeneration of alveolar crests and the treatment of soft tissues.

It can be the most adequate solution when Endodontic treatment is not possible.

With more than 20 years of experience in Implantology, Pedro Cruz Clinic guarantees, to all its patients, an Implantologic treatment with the finest instruments and the most advances techniques.

The following are amongst the Implantologic treatments available at Pedro Cruz Clinic:

• Maxillary Sinus Elevation
• Guided Bone Regeneration of Minor Defects:
  • Fenestrations
  • Dehiscences
  • Discrepancies
• Horizontal Ridge Augmentation
• Vertical Ridge Augmentation

Endodontics

Endodontics (from the Greek endo – “within” and odont – “tooth”) is the branch of Oral Medicine concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp and its pathological repercussions on other tissues, namely the periodontium.
With more than 20 years of experience in Microscopic Endodontics, Pedro Cruz Clinic guarantees, to all its patients, a dental treatment with the finest instruments and the most advances techniques.

Conventional Endodontics

The following are amongst the Non-Surgical Endodontic treatments available at Pedro Cruz Clinic:

• Initial Treatments
• Non-surgical Endodontic Retreatments
• Removal of Separated Instruments and Posts
• Treatment of Endodontic Perforations
• Treatment of Teeth with Immature Apices

Surgical Endodontics

Periradicular surgery (apex), commonly known as apicoectomy, should be seen as a retrograde endodontic treatment that obviously requires a surgical access. The introduction of the Clinical microscope has revolutionised this technique with its success rate increasing beyond 90%.

The following are amongst the Surgical Endodontic treatments available at Pedro Cruz Clinic:

• Treatment of Root Perforations
• Periradicular Surgery

Clinical Team

Pedro Cruz

D.D.S. from the University of Lisbon (1988)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontology at the University of Lisbon from 1989 to 1993
Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontics at the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde from 1993 to 1995
Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontics at the University of Lisbon since 1997
Master of Science in Dental Research from the University of Lisbon (2010)
Professor in the Endodontics Specialization Course at the University of Lisbon since 2011
Pioneer, in Portugal, in the use of the Continuous Wave of Condensation technique (System B) (1994) and of the Clinical Microscope (1995) both surgically and non-surgically, in Endodontics
Visiting student at the University of Pennsylvania (Faculty of Philadelphia) in 1995
Member of the American Association of Endodontics (AAE)
Exclusive Clinical Practice in Endodontics, Endodontic Microsurgery, and Implantology (Surgical phase) since 1994 (Lisbon)
Exclusive Clinical Practice in Endodontics in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, since 2014
Coordinator of the course “Clinical Endodontics” since 2006

Opening Hours:

From Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:30