Babies + Bacteria: parents set your kids up for a lifetime of healthy teeth
Parents play a vital role in helping their kids every day to brush and take care of their teeth. But it’s little known, that parents can make a huge impact on children’s teeth by taking better care of their own teeth! While parents tend to focus heavily on a healthy diet care for children’s teeth, …
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Food + Teeth: snacking increases your risk of tooth decay
Feel like you’re eating healthy and brushing daily but still have issues with your teeth? The answer to the problem may lie in your eating habits between meals. People who often graze on food throughout the day, even if they’re healthy snacks, are actually at a much higher risk of dental troubles such as tooth …
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Too Much Teeth Brushing: It’s a Problem!
Sometimes too much of a good thing can be bad for you. When it comes to teeth brushing, surprisingly, there is such thing as too much. Our daily brushing routines form the basis of tip top dental health. However, we have noticed excessive teeth brushing habits which are unknowingly causing more damage than good. There …
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Sport + Teeth: Custom Fit Mouthguards
Winners are grinners! For children and adult sport players, a custom-fitted mouthguard protect teeth from any serious injury. Prevent broken jaws, knocked-out teeth, cut lips and tongues. A mouthguard is the barrier between a cricket ball or an elbow directly smashing your or your child’s teeth. People are generally aware that contact sports such as …
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Smoking + Teeth: It’s Bad But You Can Improve Your Dental Health
Smoking and cigarettes have a detrimental effect on your oral and dental health. If you’re a smoker and need another reason to quit, your smile is one to add to the list. On the superficial level, smoking will make your teeth stained and dark. This leaves your pearly whites not so white anymore. Looking deeper, …
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Overcoming Dental Anxiety Part 2: Comfort by Design
Many Australians experience dental anxiety or fear in some form or another. At Whitehorse Dental, we aspire to change this perception around to make your dentist visit a much better experience. We love dental care and healthy teeth. But we can totally understand where this deep seated fear of the dentist may come from. Dental …
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Overcoming Dental Anxiety Part 1: Changing Dental Norms
Clowns, spiders, heights, dentists. We know that dental anxiety is pretty up there on everyone’s lists of fears and phobias. But we feel that the visit to the dentist can be, and should be, a better experience. Phobias or fear of the dentist is very real and experienced by many Australians. In a study by …
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The Benefits of Preventative Dentistry
At Whitehorse Dental, we’re all about preventative dental care. But what exactly does preventative dentistry mean and how does this benefit you? The gist of it is, that instead of visiting the dentist once in a while for major teeth problems, we want to encourage our patients to visit regularly for small teeth cleans and …
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The Facts About Dental Implants
Technology for teeth is pretty advanced nowadays. For those who unfortunately lose their pearly whites, dental implants are a great option. But before taking the path of falsies, we want to outline the process of replacing your teeth with fake ones. How Do Dental Implants Work? While totally viable, it’s not as straightforward as …
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Love Your Gums: Avoiding Gum Disease
Gum disease sounds scary, and left untreated it could mean pretty bad news for your teeth. But there’s many ways to treat gum disease, and it’s never too late to get your gums looked at by your dentist! We wanted to take the time to explain exactly what gum disease is, why it’s bad for …
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