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National Smile Month to launch in parliament
Organised by the British Dental Health Foundation, this year's National Smile Month tagline of Teeth4Life aims to highlight the importance of looking after your teeth and maintaining them for life.
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Massive leap in adult dental brace desire
The number of adult braces has shot up dramatically in the last four years as more and more people become obsessed with having the perfect smile.
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Anxiety causes poor oral health...
Scientists are suggesting that people with bad oral health are increasingly likely to have anxious personalities. Researchers from the University of Otago, New Zealand, studied more than 1,000 participants between the ages of 15 and 32 and discovered around a quarter of them had dental anxiety.
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Poor dental health can affect brain say experts
Researchers have discovered that gum disease can affect the brain in elderly patients.This can happen by causing inflammation throughout the body, a risk factor for loss of mental function...
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Refer a friend: earn £25 in Marks and Spencer's vouchers!
Refer your friends and family and receive £25 of Marks & Spencer's vouchers!
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The Blog
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Where do bugs go when they die?
New infection control guidelines and our new decontamination room!
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Why I like white fillings.....
..actually they are not white. They are tooth coloured fillings because teeth are not white - anything but white. A pure white filling would stand out like a sore thumb if the tooth itself is not pure white, and so for this reason a properly placed filling should be invisible and not draw attention to itself. The correct name for them is 'composite restorations' and 'glass ionomer restorations'. At Haynesdental we only place white fillings.
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Make me a mouthguard - update
Wigan's Australian three-quarter Jamie Ainscough had to miss his side's 40-18 win at Warrington last night - after having a tooth pulled from his arm.
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Sour sweets 'like eating battery acid', dentists warn
The recent craze for sour sweets could be creating future health problems for children's teeth, dentists in America warn.
And the popular sweets can, in many cases, contain acid levels so high that it approaches the ph level of battery acid,
This is according to the California Dental Hygienists' Association (CDHA) that issued a warning recently to parents about the dangers of ‘sour' sweets.
Sour sweets come in dozens of varieties, including hard, soft, chewy, gummy, gels, liquid sprays, crystals, foam sprays, powders and chewing gums.
Most people think this type of confectionery is safer because it has less sugar, but they don't know that the acid content is toward the extreme end of the acidic spectrum
With repeated exposure and frequency, 'sour' sweets can also lead to a host of oral health problems, including increased cavities, tooth sensitivity, staining, soft-tissue sensitivities and loss of shine.
The CDHA offered the following tips:
• Avoid, limit or seriously reconsider choosing or eating sweets labelled 'sour' or 'tart'
• Look for the following acids on the back label of ingredients and avoid them: citric, lactic, malic, tartaric, fumaric, adipic, ascorbic
• Don't be fooled by ‘concentrated fruit juice extracts' – is a code phrase for ingredients that can be highly acidic
• If you choose to consume sour sweets, rinse your mouth with water immediately afterwards to reduce the damaging effects from the acids
• Don't brush your teeth directly after eating sour sweets as the toothbrush and toothpaste are abrasive; this will scratch and will remove more of the already softened enamel
Most consumers are so focused on eliminating sugar that they have not paid attention to the newer and more serious ingredients containing multiple acids that make the 'sour' sweets so tart and appealing, but also make teeth more susceptible to oral diseases.
In Minnesota, its dental association is launching a public awareness campaign called ‘The Power of Sour on Your Teeth'.
The campaign includes educational materials for teachers and school nurses, and posters and brochures that are being made available to every dental association in the US. Article from www.dentistry.co.uk 19th November 2008