Children And Tooth Decay: Children’s Habits That Could Be Damaging
Children and tooth decay are prevalent in Australia. In Australia, 61% of indigenous children and 41% of non-indigenous children have tooth decay in their baby teeth. Shocking, right? Tooth decay occurs when carbohydrate-rich foods come in contact with the teeth and the mouth isn’t properly cleaned. A common cause of early childhood tooth decay is …
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Here’s Why Our Blackburn Dental Clinic is an Environment-Friendly Clinic
Whitehorse Dental is an environment-friendly dental clinic. We strive to lessen the environmental impacts of our dentistry practice and reduce our footprint on our fragile environment. Often, when choosing a dental clinic, potential patients don’t think about the environment. We think you should. The environmental factors in dentistry are significant, and there are many impacts …
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5 Tips for Wisdom Teeth Removal | Before & After
Some people experience pain when their wisdom teeth grow. These teeth may become infected and affect the adjacent teeth. Additionally, wisdom teeth may lead to sinus issues, jaw damage or teeth crowding. For this reason, you may need to extract them. However, the thought of undergoing wisdom teeth extraction can be terrifying. Here are five …
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How do Dental Implants Work?
Everyone deserves healthy, good looking teeth. But there are many reasons you might lose one or more teeth, and that means you may want to replace them with dental implants. Teeth are susceptible to decay, and gums are prone to infections, which are two reasons people lose their teeth. In Australia, around 61% of the …
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6 Reasons Why We Need Dental Cleaning Twice a Year!
Going to the dentist for dental cleaning is the last thing on your mind when you’ve had a long and stressful day at work, especially if you have a hectic daily schedule. It might feel like an unnecessary burden to make a trip to the dentist when one’s work schedule is so demanding that it …
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Causes of Bad Breath: Do You Have It?
Have you ever noticed an unpleasant smell that seemed to be coming from you? Perhaps someone silently took you aside to mention that your breath is a problem. No matter how you became aware of it, bad breath is nothing short of an embarrassing situation. It isn’t something you can hide or mask forever. What …
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How Can Dental Veneers Transform Your Smile?
What Are Dental Veneers? Do you want a white, beautiful smile but don’t like the pain of most cosmetic dental procedures? You can get that new, confident smile with dental veneers. What are dental veneers? Dental veneers are thin shells placed over your tooth surface to cover stained teeth that your dentist can’t whiten by …
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How Many Teeth Do We Have?
An adult typically has a total of 32 teeth. On the other hand, children from 3 to 7 years old have 20 teeth. But, studies also indicate that not all adult teeth add up to 32, sometimes due to complications and other causes. This article gives a closer look at everything you need to understand …
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Who Can Get Veneers and Why Do You Need One?
Dental veneers are thin shells of porcelain or resin composite materials that are custom made to cover the front surface of your teeth. Your dentist then uses dental cement to bond the veneer to the tooth. Traditional veneers can be used to correct a wide variety of minor dental problems. Dental veneers are also a …
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Different Methods To Help Make Dental Treatment More Manageable For Those With Dental Phobia
Unfortunately, dental phobia is one of the most common phobias. Lying in the dental chair with a masked figure hovering over you, doing procedures that can be uncomfortable in a very sensitive and personal part of one’s body – it’s no wonder that many people find dentistry to be a scary experience. One of the …
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