An ABC Of Dentistry
Dental related issues from A to Z – Courtesy of the team at Foxhall Dental, Ipswich. We hope that you all had a nice break at Easter and didn’t eat too many chocolate eggs 🙂 Rather than write a ‘how …
Category: Advice
Cleaning Your Teeth – Which Areas To Focus On?
Why you should pay special attention to the rear of your teeth when brushing. Hopefully most of us clean our teeth twice a day, doing so with a ‘healthy’ toothbrush and using a fluoride toothpaste. If we do this, we …
Weight Loss Diets And Potential Oral Health Issues
Is losing a few pounds around the waist worth risking your teeth and gums for? It is fair to say that most of us are probably waiting for the sun to come out, at least on some sort of consistent …
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Which Toothpaste Should I Use?
With so many different types of toothpaste now available, the choice can be quite confusing. Our Ipswich dentists look at the current options in today’s blog. One of the most basic things that we have in our oral health ‘toolbox’ …
Sleeping Problems And Your Oral Health
If you are finding it difficult to get enough sleep, your teeth and gums could be suffering. We live in a very busy world. If we are not working, we might be stuck in busy and stressful traffic and when …
Flu Season – Protecting Your Oral Health
With flu seemingly in full swing, what can you do to protect your teeth if you fall ill? It can’t have escaped the notice of our Ipswich patients that there is an awful lot of flu about at the moment, …
Poor Saliva Flow?
Why living with a constantly dry mouth is more serious than it seems. Most of us barely give a thought to saliva. It is just there doing its job quietly. Only when the mouth starts to feel unusually dry do …
How Real Is The Risk Of Oral Cancer?
Although not common, mouth cancer is still a genuine risk if you don’t look after your oral health. Most people associate dentists with the investigation of teeth and the restoration (or extraction and replacement) of them, when necessary. Some patients …
Tooth Mobility
What causes teeth to become loose and ‘wobbly’ and what can be done to prevent it? For most people, teeth are something that are firmly rooted into the jawbone and provide a strong and secure functional tool for eating and …
Looking After A New Dental Crown
Crowns are regularly used to restore badly damaged or decayed teeth. Here’s how to maintain them. The first option available to dentists, when a tooth has started to decay or where there is damage to it, is to use a …