Dental History – Waterloo Teeth
Exactly 200 years ago any dentist with a few pounds to spare could buy fresh teeth by the barrel load – very handy for anyone who needed to make dentures. There was a sudden glut on the market as a…
Beware the ‘Healthy’ fruit snacks
Many supposedly “healthy” fruit snacks aimed at children contain more sugar than sweets, says a campaign group. Action on Sugar looked at 94 products on UK sale, such as coated dried fruit, and found a third contained three or four…
Survey Results
At McInerney Dental Practice we want to provide you with the best possible care and service. Knowing what you think is important to us as this helps us to learn & continuously improve, so a very big thank you to…
Polar Molars
It appears that bears, just like humans, are prone to dental problems. Walker, one of the male polar bears at Scotland’s Highlands Wildlife Park, had to visit the dentist in March to find out the cause of a possible…
Children’s Oral Health Report published
The Children’s Dental Health Survey 2013 has recently been published. Since the last survey was carried out in 2003, there has been a reduction in the percentage of 12-15 year olds with obvious decay in their adult teeth. Good news?…
Easter Opening Hours
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our patients a Happy Easter. We are open as usual Thursday 2nd April but we are then closed until Tuesday 7th April at 8am. If you are unfortunate enough…
The Ideal Smile
A recent survey has revealed the nation’s ‘ideal’ male and female smiles. The research found that the ideal male smile is made up of Robert Pattison’s lips, David Beckham’s teeth and Orlando Bloom’s chin. While the ideal female smile is…
Dental Care for WW1 Servicemen
The plight of WW1 soldier’s teeth moved Ada Fletcher to set up the Soldiers & Sailors Dental Aid Fund in 1914. Dentists from across the country were recruited to provide the treatment and were paid a nominal fee. Fees included…
Children’s drinks warning
A new survey by Action on Sugar, on the hidden sugars found in ‘healthy’ children’s fruit juices, juice drinks & smoothies, found that over a quarter of the products surveyed contain the same amount or more sugars than Coca Cola…
New Year ‘Pop’ Tax
Whatever unknowns 2015 will bring, one significant change is certain. The citizens of Berkeley, California have overwhelmingly approved the US’s first ‘sugar’ tax which came into effect on the 1st of January, and raises the cost of fizzy and energy…
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