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Heather, our hygienist, is returning to see patients on a PRIVATE basis
£45 for a 25 minute hand scale/ultrasonic scale and polish.
£65 for the above also with AIRFLOW stain removal.
If you would like to book in with her please enquire at reception.
Appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice will be charged at £30 per appointment.
Current Scottish Government guidelines are to exercise social distancing and to only allow telephone advice to be given by your dentist. Your dentist may advise painkillers and/or antibiotics to help manage your problem. In urgent situations you may be asked to attend a health board site for treatment.
This is not how dentists would normally provide care for you, however due to the situation and the strict need for social distancing, it is a compromise we must all accept meantime. This guide contains some useful hints and tips to help manage common dental problems. (We do not recommend any special brands and brands other than those pictured in this guide are available)
This guide is available to you and only intended to give basic hints & tips. You can contact us for further advice if you have any concerns.
Joint research from the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh focusing on the dental health, oral hygiene and dietary habits of 4,000 pre-school children has shown that frequent snacking on sugary foods between meals is the main factor causing dental decay in children.
Whilst brushing is important as part of maintaining dental health, the study demonstrated that regular brushing is not enough to undo the damage caused by regular snacking, and that the only way to steer clear of fillings and extractions in children is to ensure that frequent sugary snacks and drinks are avoided in the first instance.
The research, published in December 2017 in the Journal of Public Health, was conducted by Social and Public Health academics from Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities and supported by The British Academy, the Medical Research Council and the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates.
When the NHS was established in 1948, dentistry consisted mostly of extractions and dentures. In the second half of the century it gradually evolved into a more restorative service, but moving into the 21st century we see it changing again. In late 2016 the government launched a consultation on the review of NHS general dental services. This is expected modernise the delivery of NHS dentistry by focusing more on diagnosis and prevention, the detection of oral cancer and the oral signs of systemic disease, rather than on the ‘drill and fill’ approach we have become used to. The outcome of this consultation is due in late 2017 and we will keep you posted.
Sugar is the one and only cause of dental decay. A fact that is often overlooked in the debate about a sugar tax.
In the media we often focus on the link between sugar consumption and obesity. This is somewhat misleading, as obesity is caused by excessive intake of calories and/or a lack of exercise. It is not necessarily related to sugar.
Even a moderate intake of sugar is potentially harmful to teeth, as it is the FREQUENCY of intake rather than the quantity that is the crucial factor in causing dental disease.
The former chair of the think tank Reform Scotland, Ben Thomson has called for a sugar tax to pay for a proposed 2p cut in income tax in Scotland, reckoning such a tax could raise £660m per year.
Some members of the dental profession have responded that this tax could instead be used to fund NHS dentistry in Scotland, using the argument that since the consumption of refined sugar is the primary cause of dental disease, this would be in keeping with the principle that ‘the polluter pays’.
What is Childsmile?
Childsmile is a national programme designed to improve the oral health of children in Scotland from birth.
It is a coordinated approach involving dental practices, nurseries, schools, health visitors, public health nurses and Childsmile dental health support workers. From birth, appointments should be made for your child to attend the dentist on a regular basis.
The cornertones of Childsmile are:
• The establishment of a healthy diet for your child
• introducing toothbrushing with a fluoride toothpaste from an early age
• a programme of regular check-ups with your family dentist from birth.
• twice-yearly fluoride varnish applications from two years old to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Visit the Childsmile website here
To floss or not to floss?
Daily brushing at least twice a day with a Fluoride toothpaste is what the profession has long recommended to patients.
However, conventional brushing alone will not do it all.
Cleaning BETWEEN the teeth, either with dental floss or interdental brushes is essential to prevent gum disease and is the only way of removing debris between the teeth that no ordinary brush, be it manual or electric, will dislodge.
Whether this is done with floss or an interdental brush is a matter of personal preference.
One of the tabloids recently declared flossing pointless. This story has been roundly dismissed by the profession and our advice to keep flossing remains, as before. Stick to the celebrity scandal and the stories about straight bananas guys.