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Pregnancy and your dental health

Pregnancy and your dental health

You are wise to already be thinking about your and your child’s dental health as his or her teeth have already started forming in their tiny jawbone by the fifth or sixth week after conception. By the time of their birth all twenty primary (baby) teeth are almost...
Turmeric – why it has a place in your dental care

Turmeric – why it has a place in your dental care

Some foods are such powerful healers with the propensity to nourish so impressively that it would be crazy to not include them in your weekly if not daily diet. In recent years modern science has uncovered the amazing health benefits of curcumin or more commonly...
Why your kids need the tooth fairy

Why your kids need the tooth fairy

Over the ages the Tooth Fairy has sprinkling her fairy dust on many a pillow, exchanging our baby teeth with her magic and a dollar or two. However, our favourite fluttering fairy has more than just one trick up her sleeve. The Tooth Fairy can be that magical force to...
What is a dental crown or a dental bridge?

What is a dental crown or a dental bridge?

A dental crown or a dental bridge is a ‘fixed prosthetic device’ that, unlike removable devices such as dentures, is cemented permanently over an existing tooth or a dental implant. A good analogy to describe how a dental crown works is to think of a motorbike helmet...