Apr
28
2011
That may sound like an unusual statement – teaching your children to like their dentist. Yet, over the years this has been a huge barrier to good dental health. If we look back thirty or forty years ago, everyone feared their dentist. Cartoons and comedy sketches always made fun of dentists, often featuring a dentist [...]
Tags: dental check-up, preventative dental treatment, restorative dental treatment, routine cleaning
Apr
19
2011
I don’t think there are too many people who could connect dental health with death. It’s a frank statement, but a very important one because the state of your teeth and gums can impact on your overall health, and has been directly connected to heart disease and death. Of course, oral cancer is another factor [...]
Tags: dental check-up, Fillings, Oral cancer, oral hygiene, tooth decay
Apr
02
2011
If your child (or children) haven’t been to the dentist for a check up yet, then one of the best introductions to the dental visit is to see you in the seat. Many dentists will accommodate, especially if they know you are preparing that child for their first visit. Children use parents as a guide [...]
Tags: check ups, dental check-up, dentists
Aug
20
2009
Teeth are finite resource when it comes to our health and best time to start looking after them is when we get our first teeth. Of course children at that 12 month stage have no control over their actions – they rely on us for everything – including dental care.
One of the best way to [...]
Tags: Brushing, dental check-up, flossing, rinsing