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Cancer Treatment and the Mouth
Having recently had three people, a colleague, a friend and a patient each go through the woes of chemotherapy / radiotherapy, it is important to realise that not only can dental health can affect cancer treatment but cancer treatment affects oral health as well. (more…)
Read the full articleAussie children’s teeth are getting worse
Researchers from Adelaide University say that Australian children have terrible teeth and their oral health is getting worse, despite billions of dollars being spent on fixing the problem. (more…)
Read the full articleWhat is it you really want?
So many times we hear patients say that they only go to the dentist when they are in pain. And when the patient has a really sore tooth, all we can do is relieve their pain. We call this Emergency Dentistry. But is this really what the patient wants? (more…)
Read the full articleHow long will your fillings last?
Dental restorations or fillings are living in a very harsh environment. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, “The mouth is on a slippery downhill slide, the best that we can hope for is to make sure that it is not always slippery and that the slope is not steep.” (more…)
Read the full articleZOOM teeth whitening of tetracycline stained teeth
I’m always getting comments about how white my teeth are, and getting asked by my patients if their teeth can look like mine. For most patients, they can. And it’s very simple. My teeth were not always white though. When I was younger I was given tetracycline by a doctor. Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic...
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