We guarantee to be one of the most environmentally sustainable practices!
5th September 2022
How we make Sharrow Vale Dental Care more environmentally sustainable..... Healthcare contributes to approximately 4-5% of the UK’s carbon footprint! It has been estimated that primary dental services have a carbon footprint of 675 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, so there is massive scope to implement change to make a real difference. At Sharrow Vale […]
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Prosecco this summer...
16th August 2022
‘Prosecco Smile’ Prosecco has become an increasingly popular drink over the last few years due to its cost, sweetness and the fact it contains less calories than champagne. Women in particular are choosing it as their drink of choice. But did you know that Prosecco is particularly bad for your teeth? Professor Damien Walmsley, scientific […]
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Tooth trauma
16th August 2022
What to do if you have a broken or knocked out tooth Nearly 50% of children will have some type of injury to a tooth during childhood. Many of these are preventable. While most traumatic injuries occur in children and teenagers, people of all ages can be affected. We see tooth trauma from all sorts […]
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Bruxism... tooth grinding
16th August 2022
Bruxism is the clinical term for the grinding of teeth and clenching of the jaw. It can occur when you are awake or asleep but the latter is the most common, affecting almost 80% of bruxers. You may not know that you grind your teeth while you are asleep. It may be a bed partner […]
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Cleaning between your teeth
3rd August 2022
Why do I need to clean between my teeth? Most of us know that brushing our teeth twice a day is important for good oral health but did you know that cleaning between our teeth is important too? Daily cleaning between our teeth seems to be a harder habit to get into than brushing and […]
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Should I replace a missing tooth...
3rd August 2022
There are several reasons why it is recommended that you replace your missing tooth once the extraction site has healed: For each missing tooth, you lose about 10% of your chewing ability and put more force on the remaining teeth. As soon as one is missing, the surrounding teeth start to drift into the empty […]
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