1. Most tooth loss in people under 35 years of age is caused by athletic trauma, fights or accidents. This can be prevented by wearing a well made sports mouth guard. Your dentist can take an impression of you teeth and a mouth guard can be fabricated at the laboratory to fit your mouth perfectly, reducing the risk of causing trauma or loss of the teeth.
2. Most tooth loss in people over 35 years of age is from Periodontal Disease. This can be prevented by regular Dental Health Checks and hygiene visits. We recommend this is done every six months, unless instructed otherwise by your dentist or hygienist.
3. If you don’t floss, you miss cleaning 35% of your tooth surfaces. If you struggle to floss between your teeth, ask you dentist or hygienist as other dental aids are available.
4. A tooth that has been knocked out starts to die within 15 minutes, but if you put in milk or hold it in your mouth it will survive longer. See a dentist ASAP!
5. Teeth are the hardest substance in the human body.
6. Jaw muscles can contract with a force as great as 55 pounds of pressure on anterior incisors, and 200 pounds of pressure on back molars. This can cause symptoms known as TMJ (temporomandibular joint), symptoms usually consist of headaches, jaw aches, stiffness in the back and neck, worn/sensitive teeth. Stress is usually the main course of TMJ. See your dentist to have a splint made… ……The splint is to be worn at night and acts as a shock absorber for muscles and also protects the teeth from being worn and becoming sensitive to hot and cold things.
7. 90% of systemic diseases have oral manifestations.
8. Regular dental cleanings can help prevent heart attacks.
9. Not long ago, dentures were common gifts for a 21st birthday or a wedding in the British Isles because many people expected to eventually lose all of their teeth and expedited the process by having them extracted at an early age.
10. Certain cheeses, including Aged Cheddar, Swiss and Monterey Jack, have been found to protect teeth from decay.

Look out for our fantastic new video clips that will be appearing on our website… There will be a series of informative clips and patient testimonials:)

Good Luck to Stacey our dental nurse who has recently been accepted on to the BDA Oral Health Education course.     The  course is spread over a 10 month period, and will enable Stacey to talk to patients on a one to one basis. So from March 2013 Stacey will be our New Oral Health Educator. Helping patients in all aspects of Oral hygiene.

Here at Dental Solutions we are constantly trying to provided our patients with the latest and most up to date treatments. We are pleased to announce that we can now offer patients the first truly invisable braces.

Lingual Braces……What are they??

Lingual braces work in the same way as the familiar “traintrack” style except that they are much smaller and fitted to the inside of your teeth, making them totally invisable.

Lingual braces are suitable for both adults and children.

Due to the discrete appearance of the lingual brace the technique has become popular with celebrities looking for special orthodontic treatment that does not interfere with their work and social life.

It was reported that Kate Middleton had Lingual braces fitted to improved her smile just in time for the Royal wedding!!!

On behalf of all the staff at Dental Solutions, we would like to say how very sorry we are  to see Barbara retire.

Barbara has been a huge part of the team for the past 23yrs and was a familiar face to all the regular patients. With patients often calling and asking to speak to Barbara specifically.

Barbara started working originally for Angus Maclead when the surgery was based on Lakeside Road in Lymm.  At this point the team consisted of Barbara, Nicky and Karen. Then in 2001 Gavin bought the practice from Angus and relocated to 9 Henry Street, Lymm. Bringing with him the trio, and as you can see from our website the practice has grown magnificently over the past 11 yrs.

So now Barbara has relocated once again, but this time to the golf course………….

We wish you all the best Barbara and a wonderful retirement, its been well earned and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with you. 

The team 

We would like to welcome our receptionist Janet into the  surgeries, you may have seen Janet in the practice before. Janet has been one of our reception staff for the past four years, but had recently decided that she would like to be more involved with the dental side of things, and so enrolled in January on a NVQ level 2&3 course in Dental Nursing.

I am very pleased to announce that Maria one of our dental nurses has managed to pass the radiography course.

This enables her to take routine xrays for patients in the surgery, and also the larger Xrays taken out of surgery (OPG’s)