Advice to help you keep your teeth and gums healthy during the colder weather Days of staying indoors to avoid the extreme heat seems like a long time ago now and we are clearly starting to see the beginning of …
Damage to our teeth can easily occur when we use them for things they weren’t designed for…. Our teeth are designed for a specific purpose, for biting, tearing and chewing our food. This is their only use, other than perhaps …
Avoid Using Your Teeth For Anything Other Than Eating! Read more »
Advice for our Canterbury patients who are progressing in years When you are young and healthy; as long as you take good care of your teeth and don’t eat and drink too many tooth damaging foods and drinks, there is …
Keeping Your Teeth Strong And Healthy In Later Life Read more »
Inspired by programmes like Love Island, young people are heading abroad for highly invasive cosmetic dental treatments Some of our Canterbury patients may have seen recent news reports about the number of young people who have travelled abroad for highly …
‘Turkey Teeth’ – An Unnecessary And Potentially Harmful Treatment? Read more »
Don’t underestimate the positive role that water can play in the health of our teeth and gums In many ways, we have become accustomed to looking for technological solutions to all of our problems, from communication to saving the planet. …
Five Ways That Water Can Help You Maintain A Healthier Mouth Read more »
More about this relatively common problem Our teeth are made up of three basic parts; the outer protective enamel layer, the more porous dentin layer that lies beneath it and the root canals of the tooth, where the tiny blood …
Tooth Enamel – Its Role in Avoiding Sensitive Teeth Read more »
How managing stress helps to prevent damage to teeth & gums April is Stress Awareness Month, and this year marks 30 years since its inception. It is difficult to say whether life is more stressful now than when the programme …
Why oral health problems should always be treated as soon as possible Despite the number of modern solutions we have available at our Canterbury clinic which can restore a tooth that has been badly damaged through decay or an accident; …
Helping our Canterbury patients have a tooth friendly festive season! Although some people might have fond memories of Christmas parties, for most of us, these simply didn’t happen last year due to lockdown restrictions. Many of us spent Christmas alone …
Christmas Precautions To Help Maintain Healthy Teeth Read more »
A change in seasons can have an impact on our teeth advises local Canterbury dentist Summer seems to be trying to hold on by the skin of its teeth, at least for now, but most of us will have noticed …
