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City of Leeds dentists speedily erase stains on teeth with Zoom teeth whitening

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

If asked, many of us would probably say that we would like that perfectly white Hollywood smile. Having teeth that are sparklingly white and free from stains really will make you stand out and give your self confidence a real and tangible boost. There is an easy way to achieve this now, thanks to Zoom teeth whitening that is widely available throughout the United Kingdom at many dental surgeries. Read on to find out about this speedy and effective process.
Getting stained teeth will be a common experience for those who regularly drink coffee, tea, red wine or cola drinks, not to mention smokers. Even for those who don’t indulge in those habits, the youthful sheen of teeth tends to fade over the years anyway and many people would like to do something about it.
Home teeth whitening kits are available and many of them are effective but it is preferable for some people to have the process of teeth whitening overseen by the dentist. This is where Zoom teeth whitening comes in. It is dentist led but is able to be carried out in just forty five minutes. That’s less than one hour out of your day to treat yourself to a set off beautifully whitened teeth.
Your City of Leeds dentist can achieve incredible results whereby teeth are restored to the whitest possible shade of tooth colour. They do so by using special gels that are applied to the teeth using whitening trays. Once the gels have done their work, a curing light is used to complete the process and you can walk out of the surgery with the Hollywood smile you’ve always dreamed of.

Oral cancer successfully treated after it is spotted by Leeds dentists

Friday, August 19th, 2011

At your six month check up with your local dentist they will be looking out for the potential signs of a number of nasty dental conditions. They will look at your gums for indications of disease and your teeth for signs that cavities are forming. But at the more serious end of dental conditions, dentists are now trained to look for the any signs that you might be developing oral cancer.
This is a good job too because if cancer of the mouth is diagnosed early and then treated appropriately, the recovery rates are high. Your dentist will be looking for discoloured patches in your mouth and this is something that you can keep an eye out for at home too. These patches might be somewhat hardened too. Other common indicators can be a sudden period of weight loss without any other explanation.
Rates of oral cancer are highest in men and there have been links made with smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol regularly in excessive quantities. But everyone should be vigilant because a third of all cases of oral cancer do not come from one of these ‘higher risk’ groupings.
If your dentist spots the signs of oral cancer they will put in motion a referral to an oncologist so that you can be looked at by a cancer expert. The chances of catching a potentially fatal condition like oral cancer before it has the chance to take hold is another excellent reason to visit your Leeds dentist for regular appointments where your mouth can be checked. Don’t hesitate to book an appointment, even if it has been a while since your last. Your oral health is very important.

Mouth guards are vital if you are putting your teeth at risk: get one fitted by a dentist in the City of Leeds

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

1447632_blogPlaying certain sports can put you at risk of injuries to some parts of your body. You should be careful to protect your body so that it doesn’t get injured and you have to go to hospital or end up with a life long complaint. This is as true of your mouth as it is the rest of your body because some sports and past times can pose a risk to your teeth either in the form of impact with other players or the ball, or the risk of falling, face-first, to the ground.
There is an easy way to protect your mouth if you like to indulge in things like rugby, lacrosse, hockey or mountain biking. You should always wear a mouth guard of some kind so that your teeth are less exposed to injury from impact. It is better to prevent injury than to have to deal with the consequences of course and losing a tooth is no laughing matter.
The most basic form of mouth guard is available from sports shops as well as online retailers. These simple devices are affordable but they don’t offer a huge amount of protection from injury because they are mass produced along the lines of: ‘one size fits all’. A step up from these stock protectors is the ‘boil and bite’ mouth guard which is shaped to your teeth when you plunge it into boiling water and then carefully bite it.
The best protection of all comes from a mouth guard that your dentist in the City of Leeds has made especially for you.

Dentists in Central Leeds successfully replace missing teeth with mini implants

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

The recognition that missing teeth need to be replaced is not a new one. For as long as humans have been on the earth they have realised that a full set of teeth (even if some of them are false) is a huge benefit when it comes to eating and talking. In the dim and distant past, humans used to use bits of wood or rock or sometimes animal teeth or bones to replicate lost teeth. Thankfully modern methods are far more sophisticated than this.
Mini implants are the most secure and stable way of getting your lost teeth replaced and they have become very popular as a result. Patients are attracted to them because of the way that, once fitted with implants, you won’t even have to think about the fact that one or some of your teeth are not your own.
In an operation which requires local anaesthetic, your dentist will make a careful incision in your gum and place the implants beneath the gum and against the jaw bone. It is placed thusly so that the titanium implant can ‘osseointegrate’ with the bone. That is the really clever part of implants: they effectively become part of the mouth and are a really stable housing for the false teeth which can be mounted there.
Equally adept at replacing a single missing tooth or in combination with dental bridges to replace multiple lost teeth, mini dental implants are adaptable. You will be a suitable candidate for implants – regardless of age – if you are in good health and so able to cope with the operation in your Central Leeds dentist surgery and then see through the healing.

Leeds dentists now able to straighten teeth with a product that is virtually invisible: Invisalign

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Straightening out your teeth is a decision that is worth taking because it will make your smile look far better and leave your mouth in a healthier state. But which one of the many options should you choose? There is a number of options available at United Kingdom dental surgeries and the decision can be a difficult one to make.
An increasingly popular option for patients with minor alignment issue is the revolutionary treatment on offer with Invisalign. It is a new way of thinking about teeth straightening and it avoids some of the aspects of traditional metal braces that have been frankly unpopular over the years.
The traditional metal brace is a very effective way of straightening out teeth but it needs to be worn for quite a long time (often several years), it is not removable and it doesn’t look very good. Invisalign avoids these problems by working in a different way altogether.
Instead of using a system of metal brackets and wires which are attached to the teeth, Invisalign is constructed of a clear, plastic material and is worn in a similar manner to a mouth guard. Your dentist will make your Invisalign brace in such a way that it moves your teeth in the desired position. Once the first Invisalign has done its work then your dentist will simply replace it with a new one that will continue the process.
As such the Invisalign brace is completely removable, just as long as it is worn for twenty two hours every day. Many patients like to take Invisalign out at meal times so that eating is easier. Ask your dentist in Leeds if they are registered with Invisalign and make the decision to straighten out your teeth once and for all.

Inman aligners from dentists in Central Leeds straighten out teeth with discretion

Monday, August 15th, 2011

A set of perfectly aligned teeth has a number of advantages for those lucky enough to have them. Aside from looking better, there is less risk of cavities developing in impacted (bunched up) teeth and reduced chances of experiencing nocturnal teeth grinding (bruxism). Talk to your dentist in Central Leeds about teeth straightening and they will tell you that there a number of different options now available.
One of these options that has a number of advantages is the Inman aligner. Because so many people have been put off wearing traditional braces because of how unsightly they look, Inman aligners work on the ethos of being far more discreet. Rather than having a mouthful of metal that is visible every time you smile, Inman aligners have just one visible part that can be seen when you talk and smile.
The sole visible aspect of Inman aligners is a straightening bar that runs across the front teeth. This is the bar that the teeth are gently pushed against by a coiled spring which sits behind the front teeth. As a further bonus, you can take actually removed your Inman aligner and this is something that will make meal times far easier.
If you are worried about how your teeth are aligned, find out for yourself about Inman aligners by asking your Central Leeds dentist to tell you about it the next time you are in the surgery. You will be told about all the benefits just outlined, as well as the fact that Inman aligners usually need only be worn for six months in order to achieve the desired results in terms of teeth straightening.

City of Leeds dentists can fit you with beautiful Lumineers to brighten up your smile

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

If you have an important social occasion coming up, there is no doubt that you will want to look your very best. Walking into a room with the confidence that comes from looking great is something that many of us aspire to, but if you have a couple of teeth that are ruining your look, it can be difficult to achieve this level of confidence.
Cracking or chipping a tooth in an accident is a piece of real bad luck and it can be tough to know what to do about it. If the tooth is still functional then you will be loath to have it removed and rightly so. But you will probably want it out of the way so that it is not compromising the look of your smile.
Lumineers might be the solution that you have been looking for. Made from patented cerinate porcelain, this type of veneers is so thin that it is often dubbed the ‘contact lens for teeth’. The advantages of Lumineers being so thin is that you will probably not have to have any of your existing tooth removed in order for the Lumineer to fit on your tooth well.
Porcelain is a very durable substance, even in such small quantities. There is no danger of it staining either so you don’t have to worry about that. With the right care – which doesn’t have to be any different to the way you would normally look after your teeth – your Lumineers will last many years, probably decades.
If a tooth or teeth are ruining the look of your smile, have a chat with your dentist in the City of Leeds about Lumineers.

Improve your smile with the brilliant results of Enlighten tooth whitening at Leeds dentists

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Plenty of teeth whitening kits are available from super markets and pharmacies, often at relatively affordable prices. While many of these kits can be extremely effective at removing stains and making teeth whiter, what some of them miss is the expert input of a dental professional. On the other hand, one can go to dentist and have tooth whitening treatment in the surgery but this can be time consuming.
Enlighten tooth whitening represents a happy compromise between these two methods. The bulk of the work that Enlighten tooth whitening carries out is done at home, in your own time but it will be undertaken with the expert stewardship of your dentist in Leeds.
One of the problems with home teeth whitening kits is that they are made en masse and so the trays which you fill with whitening gel and wear on your teeth are not made for your uniquely shaped mouth. This compromises the amount of coverage that the gel can achieve on your teeth. With Enlighten tooth whitening the trays are made by your dentist to tightly and effectively fit the contours of your mouth.
Once your dentist has made the trays you will wear them, filled with whitening gel every night when you sleep for a fortnight. A forty minute follow up appointment will complete the process and you will have a set of brilliantly white teeth, free from problematic stains and dullness. Stains affect many people, especially those who drink tea, coffee, cola drinks and red wine, for example; dullness is a pretty inevitable part of the passing years of age. Don’t put up with it; ask your dentist about Enlighten tooth whitening.

Digital x-rays improve the service for dental patients, say dentists in the City of Leeds

Friday, August 12th, 2011

The days of lengthy, repeated visits to the dental surgery for some procedures are over. New technology is revolutionising the way that United Kingdom dentists can carry out their work and patients are feeling the benefits. It means that you need not take much time off work if you want to have some work done at the dental surgery. Find out how this is possible.
In quite a few dental procedures, it is necessary to have x-rays taken of your mouth. This is so that dentists can get a better view of what it is that they are working on. But the traditional x-ray proved to be problematic in several senses and scientists have now developed a better way to take x-rays.
The traditional x-ray only yielded images in two dimensions, meaning that they are flat, like a picture. Of course the real world exists in three dimensions so dentists would frequently have to take repeated x-rays in order to gain a fuller picture of what they are attempting to capture. This meant that the whole process was rather time consuming and patients would sometimes have to return to the dentist. What’s more, every x-ray had to be sent to a specialist lab for development before it could be used by the dentist.
Digital x-rays produce three dimensional data, allowing dentists to navigate the image on a computer screen from every angle. There is no longer any need to take repeated images and have them develop in a lab.
If you are thinking of having some work done at your dental surgery in the City of Leeds, ask your dentist how digital x-rays might speed up the process.

Forget the stereotypes, dentures from Central Leeds dentists are comfortable and effective

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Modern dentures are rather different from those that are the basis of the negative stereotypes. The thought of having to wear a set of dentures horrifies many people and that is understandable insofar as nobody wants to lose all of their teeth. But if you are unfortunate to be in that situation, dentures are a perfectly workable solution. Read on to find out about how improvements in dentures are making them a much more popular solution than they used to be.
The first thing to bear in mind is that dentures are made to order now so that they fit the individual mouth of the patient. It is quite likely that the dentures that you might have seen your elderly relative wearing were simply mass produced. That would explain why they tended to slip from his or her mouth and were uncomfortable to wear. This has changed now that the ‘one size fits all’ ethos has passed from dentistry.
Friction free material makes dentures much more comfortable on the bare gums of the wearer too. Modern dentures can be held in place via the natural suction of the gums or by using one of the very effective brands of fixing gel. The fact that they are made to fit the unique contours of the patient’s gum means that they are less likely to get messy because there won’t be as much space between the gum and the dentures in which food can possibly get trapped.
Other options are available for replacing lost teeth but you should speak to your dentist in Central Leeds about dentures because they are a great option for those who are on a financial budget and people who would prefer not to have invasive surgery.