14
Nov
2023
What’s the difference between a mouthguard and a night guard? Do I need both?” you might want to ask your Epping Dentist. The short answer is that you might need neither, one, or both guards, but let’s unpack them a bit so you can see what they’re used for. You’re more likely to have heard of a mouth guard. People wear one on their upper teeth while playing contact sports, particularly for all the football codes, hockey, boxing, and karate — and perhaps gymnastics — to protect their teeth, lips and face jaw from injury. A night guard is different.…
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11
Oct
2023
If someone in your family gets a cracked tooth, a child or an elder, perhaps, please bring them to us at your Dentist Epping as soon as you can. It could have been caused by biting some hard lollies, ice, popcorn, nuts, chewing gum, or teeth grinding at night. Or from a sporting injury or accident, or physical violence. Perhaps it was from a fall or just old age. In any case, even if the crack appears very fine and isn’t painful, please come to us so we can check how long and deep it is in the tooth and if…
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20
Sep
2023
You might be a little shocked one day to discover a blistery rash on your young child’s hands and feet and blisters in their mouth. It doesn’t look good, and your stomach drops as your child had vague flu-like symptoms. What’s happened now? Your Dentist Epping can reassure you – it’s probably only hand, foot, and mouth disease, which is usually mild. This illness has two phases – initial flu-like symptoms for a couple of days followed by a blistery rash. The rash is usually itchy, but in the mouth, the sores can be painful. The rash usually clears up in…
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07
Aug
2023
As you know, we at your Epping Dentist strongly recommend you brush your teeth twice daily with fluoride toothpaste. Fluoride is great for your oral health as it protects and strengthens your tooth enamel – and thus helps prevent tooth decay. The toothpaste’s fluoride disrupts any acid on your teeth and produces better-quality tooth enamel. It also makes it harder for the bacteria in any plaque on your teeth to produce acid. As the Sydney water supply is fluoridated, you will also acquire fluoride from your tap water. Over time, this fluoride enriches your saliva so it can better counter…
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Having a dental implant is an option if you have missing teeth, have an uncomfortable denture, or want to avoid losing any existing sound tooth structure for a bridge. Your Epping Dentist assures you that implants are a 40-year-old dental advance and provide a popular, successful, and permanent solution to missing teeth. What’s involved in getting an implant? Your Epping Dentistsurgically places a post made of titanium, which is exceptionally strong, into your jawbone to replace your missing tooth root. The bone heals and grows around the implant to hold it in place. The implant may be secure enough straight away, or…
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