Osteoporosis is a health condition that greatly affects the bones, since the disease weakens them and makes them capable of breaking easily. Aside from negatively hampering overall health and well being, osteoporosis also has a direct relationship on oral and…
Today is World Arthritis Day. You may think this is a strange thing to highlight on a dental practice page however arthritis affects your dental health. It can affect your jaw joints which can affect your ability to chew. As…
The High Court case of GDC v Jamous confirmed that tooth whitening is the practice of dentistry and can only be legally performed by a dentist or a dental therapist, dental hygienist or a clinical dental technician working to the prescription of a…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
Click on the link below and take a look at this short video launched by the charity ‘Heart Your Smile’. I thought this was too good not to share. What can you do in two minutes?
An organic compound, theobromine, found in chocolate is better than fluoride at re-mineralising and hardening tooth enamel, according to a new study published in Caries Research*. The study investigated the surface micro-hardness of enamel (the outer surface of a tooth)…
We would like to say thank you to everyone that came to see us at our Open Morning on the 7th June along with the staff who attended and helped with the copious preparations. An extra big thank you goes…
