August 10, 2021
Dental Health Week
Dental Hygiene
March 9, 2020
When Should I Bring My Kids to the Dentist for the First Time
I've got a lot of patients come here pregnant and then I'm excited to talk about their oral hygiene. You can bring your kids to see me when they are in the tummy, I've got a lot of patients come here pregnant and then I'm excited to talk about their oral hygiene. You know how when you talk to the mums, the kids start getting a little bit of sense about their oral hygiene, so that's something that I always do. I jokes about you can bring your children when you come in for your dental visits every six month, but if you are not a regular visitor...
March 6, 2020
Is Dental X Ray Necessary
Are x-rays necessary? Are mobile phones necessary? Is flying necessary? Is walking through the street in the city necessary? Are x-rays necessary? Are mobile phones necessary? Is flying necessary? Is walking through the street in the city necessary? If those things are something that we can't avoid, x-rays are definitely necessary. It, again, depends on the balance. Weighing the pros and cons of doing a treatment technique. I wouldn't say, you don't need x-rays every six months unless you are extremely high risk of dental cavities and you never brush your teeth. So, we put patients at different category. High-risk cavity or high-risk case, they need the x-rays every...
March 2, 2020
Importance of Ongoing Maintenance
Smile, it's the most important part of our personality. Ongoing maintenance is important for our body. As females, we know that better than anyone else. We go to nail salons to get our nails done. We go get our hairdressers, visit our hairdressers every alternate months and we go and get facials done. We get our hair washed and conditioned every day. And we go to the doctor's for checking our blood every year and it's important to get your teeth checked every six months because smile is the most important part of our personality and the way people perceive us. So, when you look at a person, the...
February 28, 2020
When Do You Need to Change Your Toothbrush
You have to change your toothbrush once every two months. I don't think females would ask that question. You know, they want to change their toothbrush every week. It depends on who is asking me. If men ask me, I would say, "Once every year." No, just a joke. It has to be changed about once every two months or three months would be ideal. It doesn't matter, male or female. You have to change your toothbrush, once every two months. If you're changing you're toothbrush once every week and it's not going past a week, that means you're brushing too hard. So, two months is a good...
February 21, 2020
Importance of Flossing
Your gums bleed when you floss because your gums are not healthy. I'll tell you a typical clinical scenario which happens in my rooms all the time. A patient comes in and say ...
February 19, 2020
How Do I enjoy Eating Sweets Without Getting Tooth Decay
Rinsing your mouth whenever you have a chance, especially after eating sweet, is a very good way of avoiding decay. We all live our life to enjoy life, okay? I like sweets too, and I always tell my patients I go to the gym so I can eat what I like. So I brush my teeth so I can eat what I like, which is sugar or sweet. As long as it's balanced. Life is all about balance. So I'd never tell my patients don't touch sweets. I tell them you can as long as you include it a part of a meal, so that after a meal...
February 14, 2020
Brushing Technique For Sensitive Teeth-Gum
It's important to visit a dentist and ask the dentist how to clean the sensitive gums. If your gums start bleeding when you're brushing, that means you have got gum disease, but you should still keep continuing brushing. Use a soft toothbrush and use your toothbrush angle 45 degrees to the gums, and gently brush that junction between the gum and the teeth. Definitely visit a dentist and it's important to visit a dentist and ask the dentist how to clean the sensitive gums because you already know you have gum disease....
February 12, 2020
Don’t Celebrate When You Get a Solid 9 From Your Dentist
Most of the bone, without being lost and then the teeth start shaking because there's no bone support. I thought I'd use this diagram to explain what gum disease is. This is the soft area of the gum which is attached to the tooth, but we call it free gingival because this is the connection between the soft gums and the hard tooth. But there's only like a two to three millimetres, usually, in healthy teeth. But when the bacteria gets into this little pocket, the bacteria eats away the bone around the tooth and then slowly make the pocket deeper and deeper and deeper. Sometimes when...
February 10, 2020
3 Signs That You Have Gum Disease
Your Gums Starts Bleeding Bleeding gums is always a sign of gum disease. You know how gum disease is because of gum disease, there are few signs that I want to explain how gum disease is. Gum gets inflamed so when you brush, your gums start bleeding. Just gentle tooth brushing, gum starts bleeding, that's in a very early sign of gum disease. Having said that, there are some conditions like teenagers have got more chance of bleeding gums or pregnancy you get more chance of bleeding gums, but bleeding gums is always a sign of gum disease. Bad taste in the mouth. The second sign would be a bad...