General Dentistry
We provide our patients with high quality general dental care, carrying out thorough examinations, discussing options and offering information, advice and guidance on how patients can best look after their teeth between appointments.
Hygienist
We have two experienced dental hygienists working at the practice and their services can be accessed via our own dentists, or by a dentist from another practice who can refer their patients by letter, fax or email. Contact the practice for details.
Oral Health Education We ensure that all our patients, including the younger ones, are provided with information, advice and guidance to inform their choices on maintaining healthy teeth and gums. We offer fissure sealants and oral health education sessions aimed specifically at our younger patients. See our related feature on the 'Oral Health' page.
Dental Sundries
We stock a comprehensive range of dental sundries, including toothpastes, mouthwashes, brushes and inter-dental products. Our products are keenly priced and are mostly below supermarket prices, many significantly so. We want our patients to buy products that are best for their dental health. Our dentists, hygienists and nursing staff are always willing to offer patients information, advice and guidance on what products are best for them - something harder to find at a supermarket!
Fresh Breath Treatments
We advise on ways to maintain fresh breath and stock a range of excellent fresh breath products.
Oral Screening
Oral cancer screening is routinely carried out at every dental examination. The hard and soft tissues of the mouth are thoroughly checked for any sign of abnormality. See our feature on oral cancer on the 'Oral Health' page.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Your smile sends a powerful message about you to other people and if you wish to improve your dental 'look', there are a number of options available to help you smile with confidence. The following are straighforward to correct:
• Discoloration of the teeth or fillings
• Gaps between teeth
• Missing teeth
• Crowded teeth
• Poorly shaped or chipped teeth
• Badly positioned teeth which affect your bite.
Previous dental work, including old fillings and crowns, can deteriorate and become cosmetically poor. These can be replaced or improved however, and we are able to offer the following cosmetic treatments to improve your smile:
• Tooth whitening
• Implants
• Porcelain inlays and veneers
• Porcelain-bonded crowns and bridges
• Replacement of amalgam fillings with white composite filling material.
Tooth Whitening
Teeth may become discoloured in a number of ways, for example through age, tobacco use or the consumption of certain foods and beverages. Simple tooth brushing, even with special toothpastes, will do little to whiten teeth. Professional cleaning by a dentist or hygienist will help, by removing superficial staining, but will not result in you regaining that youthful look! Scientific studies have shown that some tooth whitening treatments are safe and effective at whitening teeth. We offer a number of these treatments at our practice, and also provide tooth whitening kits for patients to take and use in their own home.
The whitening treatment involves the use of custom made bleaching trays which are filled with a bleaching gel, and we will show you how to use these product to achieve the best and safest results. You will control the final shade of your teeth, from one to several shades lighter. Tooth whitening does not normally involve any pain, although some transient sensitivity may be experienced. The full treatment will usually take 2 to 6 weeks.
Crowns, Bridges, Veneers and Implants
Crowns
Porcelain or porcelain bonded to metal give full coverage to teeth weakened by old fillings, decay or fractures and they can also be used to improve appearance.
Bridges
These are used to replace gaps caused by lost teeth and use porcelain bonded to a metal structure. The 'bridge' is supported by the teeth either side of the gap, and these teeth usually require some preparation.
Veneers
Veneers are thin porcelain covers that are fixed to the front of cosmetically poor teeth using adhesive dentistry, and can make a dramatic improvement to visual appearance.
Implants
Dental implants are growing in popularity and represent an alternative way of replacing lost or cosmetically poor teeth. A titanium 'post' is inserted into the jaw and this supports the 'new' tooth.
Dentures, denture repairs and mouthguards
We provide a full range of denture services, using high quality materials and dental laboratories, including one that is just a few hundred metres away. This allows laboratory technicians to meet our patients for exact shade taking and 'same day' adjustments. We now offer the new Valplast denture, an innovative flexible nylon denture, offering improved retention and avoiding metal clasps. For those involved in sporting activities, we can have mouthguards custom made for differing sporting activities.
Home visits for the housebound
We will visit housebound patients at home.
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