Archive for May, 2010

Polish German Hebrew & Romanian speaking dental practice in Golders Green – North West London

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

When choosing a practice or dentist you should consider their ability.  The practice should keep up to date with the latest techniques, and the equipment should be modern and clean.   

All of the above requirements are very important but you may feel it is just as important to be able to communicate to the dentist in your own language.  We find that the patients are more relaxed when communicating in their mother tongue, the patients have a better understanding of treatment required and the proceedures involved. 

All our dentists speak Hebrew as well as Rachel our hygienist, we also have dental nurses who speak Polish (Polski), German (Deutsch) & Romanian.

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knocked out or broken tooth?

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Knocked out tooth – If a tooth is completely knocked out of your mouth, carefully rinse the tooth in warm water if it is dirty. Be careful not to scrub the tooth or remove any tissue that is still attached to the tooth. If possible, gently replace the tooth in its socket in your gum and hold it there. If this isn’t possible, place the tooth in a cup of milk. Get to the dentist as quickly as possible and make sure to take the tooth with you. It may be possible for the dentist to restore the tooth in your gum if the root is intact.

Broken tooth – The most common cause of a broken tooth is a blow to the face or biting down on something hard. Children may break a tooth falling off a bicycle or during other active play. If you have a broken tooth, you will need to see the dentist as soon as possible. Rinse your mouth with warm water. If your gum is bleeding, press a piece of gauze on the area until the bleeding stops. If you are able to save the pieces of the tooth, again put the pieces in some milk and take them to the dentist. Depending on how the tooth was broken, it may be possible for the dentist to glue the tooth back together.

Place a cold compress over the cheek or lips to control swelling and take an over-the-counter pain reliever if needed. Your dentist will determine whether or not you need a root canal as well as the best method to repair the tooth.

Teeth can be damaged in a variety of ways, and you may not immediately know how bad the damage is. The important thing to remember is that if something happens to damage or break a tooth, get it checked by your dentist as soon as possible.

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Harris Sidelsky has an article published in the BDJ

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Harris Sidelsky has just had an article published in the May 8th issue of the BDJ on resin composite contours. 

You may indeed ask what it is all about? 

Harris has a special interest in Minimal Invasive dentistry.  An example of this would be, if you had a hole in a tooth, the aim would be to remove the decayed part of the tooth without removing healthy tooth substance.   In an ideal world, you would also want the end product to look like an undamaged natural tooth.

Believe it or not, this is not easy to achieve.  In many of the existing techniques healthy tooth tissue would be destroyed to get to the decay and it is often very difficult to recreate the original shape of the tooth.

Harris article describes his filling technique which reproduces the exact shape of the original tooth at the same time preserving the maximum amount of your tooth when removing the decay.   The technique is so amazing you would not be able to tell that a filling has been placed.

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Ian Davis – Toothville images added to the Wellcome collection library

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Ian Davis has had a selection of his Toothville images added to the Wellcome Image library.

Wellcome Images is one of the world’s richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.

http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/     

enter  Toothville or Ian Davis in the search field on the right hand side of screen.

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