Dr Dinos Kountouras has rebuilt teeth and smiles for more than 35 years. Trained in Liverpool, London and New York. Other dentists learn this work from him.
Dr Dinos Kountouras has been a dentist for more than 35 years. His specialty: rebuilding worn or missing teeth and placing implants. He treats patients in Southport, Gold Coast, plans every case on screen before treatment starts, and teaches this work to other dentists around the world.
When most or all teeth are worn out or missing, a complete new row of fixed teeth is built on implants. Everything is designed on screen first, so you see the plan before anything is done. Dentists call this full-arch rehabilitation; it is his main specialty.
A missing tooth is replaced by a small titanium post in the jaw with a new tooth fixed on top. From a single tooth to a full row. He trained in implant placement full-time at New York University, and placement follows a digital guide, not guesswork.
Thin ceramic layers bonded to your own teeth to change their shape and colour, designed on screen with you first. His master's degree and doctorate are in exactly this field: how new teeth are shaped, fitted and made to last.
For teeth ground down or damaged over years, the whole bite is rebuilt, not just single teeth patched. Your jaw's real movement is recorded and the new bite is designed around it, so the repaired teeth work together when you chew and speak.
Five steps. Everything is planned on a screen, and shown to you, before any treatment starts.
A small camera and a quick 3D X-ray build an exact digital copy of your teeth and jaw. No impression trays, no goo.
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The 3D X-ray is called a CBCT. It takes seconds, and it lets the doctor see bone and roots that a normal photo cannot show.
At the first consultation you look at a digital preview of how your smile could look, and talk it through, before deciding anything.
The preview shows what is possible, not an exact promise of your own result.
A camera system films your jaw's actual movement while you bite and speak, so your new teeth are designed for how you really chew.
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The system is called MODJAW. Most new teeth are designed from still photos. His are also designed from a recording of your jaw in motion, so they fit the way you actually chew.
The doctor designs the result on the computer, checked against your scan, your jaw movement and the preview you approved.
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You may hear the term full-arch. It means replacing a complete row of teeth, upper or lower, as one fixed piece. It is one of his main specialties.
Implants and new teeth are placed following the digital plan, so what you receive matches what was designed and shown to you.
Qualified in Liverpool in 1991. Three decades specialising in implants and rebuilding teeth. Now teaching those techniques to dentists worldwide.
The university degree that makes you a dentist. Five years of clinical training.
A master's degree focused on one thing: designing and fitting new teeth.
A doctorate. Years of original research into new teeth and the materials they are made from.
A full-time programme in New York devoted only to implant surgery.
Advanced training in how the bite and the jaw joints work together.
A European academy of dentists focused on aesthetic work.
He created Greece's academy for this field and remains its honorary president.
Research published in scientific journals, reviewed by other experts before printing.
The largest global meeting of the dental profession.
Continuous clinical practice since 1991, alongside the teaching.
When dentists want to learn how to rebuild teeth and place implants, he is one of the people who teaches them. He lectures internationally, advises dental manufacturers, and has spoken at the FDI World Dental Congress, the profession's largest global meeting.
Hands-on courses for dentists, including the flagship "Digital Full Arch Unplugged" at the Sheraton Grand Mirage, Gold Coast. The syllabus works through the full digital chain of full-arch and functional rehabilitation.
Published research papers26 studies checked and accepted by other experts before publication. In medicine, that is how expertise is verified.
Advisor to manufacturersDental companies ask his opinion when they develop new technology and materials.
Founded a national academyHe founded the Hellenic Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, Greece's academy for this field, and remains its honorary president.
The consultation is a conversation, not a commitment. You see the plan and the costs before deciding anything.
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