16 October 2018

The Sign Of Ageing They Never Mention – Gaps Inbetween Teeth


Your teeth are amazingly resilient things. Just think about it for a second – the amount of chewing, brushing, crunching, biting, tearing and chattering they do every single day is mind-boggling. By the time you’re 30, you will have brushed your teeth 21,900 times, and chewed over 1,095,000 mouthfuls. When you look at it like that, it’s a miracle they don’t simply grind away into dust, like rocks under the tide. But all of that wear and tear does start to take its toll, along with our bodies natural responses to ageing. And just like everything else, as we get older, we will start to see changes in our teeth. These signs can vary, from darkening teeth and gums to tooth decay, loosening of teeth, widening of gaps and even tooth loss. While some of these signs of ageing can’t be avoided, you can slow their impact by taking proper care of your teeth. You can also speed them up by abandoning them.

Gaps

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If you have healthy teeth in good alignment, it can be a bit distressing if gaps start to appear between your teeth, or if you had them already and they start to grow. These gaps are known as diastema, and are both a natural side effect of ageing, and a product of your own behaviour.  Diastema is particularly common in children. This is because as children grow very quickly, so do their bones and jaw. Gaps start appearing when their jaws grow, but their baby teeth stay the same size. As their baby teeth fall out (creating more gaps!) they are replaced with adult sized teeth, which fit their new adult jaw size.

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In adults, the most common cause of tooth gaps is simply age. As we get older, our teeth will naturally shift around and our gums will recede slightly, leading to small gaps in between our teeth. Sometimes this will only be noticeable between a few teeth – usually the front two, but sometimes it applies to all of them. If you look closely at some actors or actresses on television, you might be able to see it (David Mitchell and Robert Webb are prime examples). If you lose a tooth in adulthood and don’t replace it, you may find your other teeth move to fill the gap, causing more, smaller gaps in the rest of your teeth. Luckily, this is a pretty easy thing to fix.

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25 September 2018

8 Tip Tips For Children’s Oral Health


Our teeth are unlike almost every other part of our body. Unlike our other organs, they don’t grow, regenerate or repair themselves, which means we need to take extra good care of them. But that care shouldn’t start as an adult, when your teeth have started to discolour. Good oral hygiene should start out early, giving you the strong foundation you need for healthy teeth. 

Today, we’ve got 8 top tips to help keep your children’s teeth clean and healthy for years to come.

Start Good Habits Early 
Milton Keynes Dentist offers family dental treatmentYou don’t have to wait until your baby actually has teeth to get good oral hygiene started. While your baby is growing, it’s a good idea to gently clean their gums and any newly erupted first teeth after each feeding, so that no sugars or bacteria can cling to them and start to cause cavities. You can do this with a water soaked gauze pad or a clean, damp cloth. Avoid any scrubbing – instead just use a gentle wiping motion.

Brush With Care
When your baby’s teeth do come in, don’t leave them be. Once the worst of the teething pains have gone, start to gently brush them with a small, soft-bristled toothbrush with the thinnest smear of toothpaste. Be careful not to aggravate the gums or put too much pressure on the teeth – just a light brushing motion will be more than enough to protect and clean their teeth during this delicate time.

Teach Your Children
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At some point, your child will need to learn how to brush their own teeth, rather than getting you to do it for them. You can start teaching self-brushing as early as three, using a tiny amount of toothpaste and a soft bristled brush. Teach your child by showing them the motions, brushing their teeth lightly for them, and then getting them to repeat what you did. Modelling the correct technique is important, as this is the technique your child will use for the rest of their life. When your child is around six, they should be developing the dexterity to handle brushing by themselves, and then you can introduce things like flossing.  

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Fight Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Baby bottle tooth decay is something a lot of new parents don’t know much about, and many more discount it since ‘baby teeth’ will fall out. But if you’ve ever had tooth decay or cavities, you know how much they hurt, so it’s worth preventing that pain in babies, even if it will just be temporary. The best way to do that is to not let your child go to sleep with a dummy or a bottle filled with anything but water. When teeth are frequently exposed to sugar-coating fluids (like formula or breast milk) for long periods, the potential for tooth decay increases dramatically.

Avoid Excess Sugar
Did you know that saliva takes a minimum of 30 minutes to neutralise the acidity and bacteria caused by sugars? That’s at least 30 minutes of sugar clinging to their teeth and eating away at the enamel. So if you allow your child to eat a sugary snack every hour, your child’s mouth will always be acidic, which greatly increases the chances of tooth decay developing.

Make Dentists Part Of The Routine
Dentists trips should form part of your child’s dental health routine from an early age. They should first see a dentist around the time of their first birthday, and regularly after that. This will help check for cavities and decay and teach the proper toothcare techniques, as well as for signs of developmental problems in your child quickly. This means you will be able to catch and treat issues quickly, as well as making your child comfortable with the dentist in the future.

Stay Calm
Many adults have problems with going to the dentist. From the fear of pain to general anxiety around dentists and their offices, emotions can run high when it comes time for the annual dental check-up. But no matter how you feel, you need to try and not project those feelings of anxiety onto your child. Your anxieties can make them feel anxious too, and that will make getting dental treatment for them in the future a lot harder. Instead, encourage your child to discuss any fears they have about the dentist, and avoid using words like ‘hurt’ and ‘pain’ when talking about the dentist.

Childproof Your Home
Trips to the dentist don’t just happen for the annual check-up. In fact, research has shown that children under 7 sustain over half of dental injuries to their baby teeth while playing at home, in close proximity to furniture. Childproofing your home can help avoid some of these more serious and painful injuries (which can lead to deformation if not treated).

At Appledore, we encourage parents to bring their children in and discuss any fears they might have about visiting a dentist, as well as to explore dental hygiene and generally make taking care of their teeth fun. Our dentists are experts in dealing with children’s oral hygiene, and have spent time all over the world giving dental treatments to disadvantaged children in third world countries. If you want to know more, just get in touch with us today.


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17 September 2018

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26 June 2018

The Warning Signs Of Impacted Wisdom Teeth – And What To Do About It


When it comes to your mouth, there are fewer things more painful than impacted wisdom teeth. We always thought the pain of teething was reserved for early childhood, where we wouldn’t really remember it when we were adults. But sadly, nature has conspired to save some of that pain for our early adult life, as well. Not only that, but it’s one of the worst things that can happen to your teeth naturally. But what are wisdom teeth, and why do they become impacted in the first place?

Why Do Wisdom Teeth Become Impacted?
Despite it being an incredibly painful experience and a complex treatment, wisdom teeth become impacted for a very simple reason. You see, all of the other teeth in your mouth tend to develop around the same time, and all arrange themselves in your mouth naturally. Sometimes they will be quite tight, other times there will be gaps, but usually, they will sort themselves out (sometimes with a bit of help!). But your wisdom teeth don’t come in with the rest of your teeth. Instead, they develop much later in your life, usually in your late teens or early twenties. This causes a lot of problems, as 4 new, fairly big teeth try to force their way into an already packed jaw. Usually wisdom teeth will grow without problems, but sometimes there is just no room in your mouth for them to grow through the gums (also known as ‘erupting’), and so they grow in at an angle, sideways or even get stuck below the gum line.

Symptoms Of Impacted Wisdom Teeth
There are a few different things that happen when your wisdom teeth become impacted. The most common symptom is pain in your jaw, particularly in the areas around your gums where the teeth are trying to break through. You might also get headaches that settle at the back of your head or at the sides, which can indicate problems with your wisdom teeth. A few people also experience problems chewing normally, struggling to open and close their mouths as they would usually. Changes in your mouth like reddening of the gums, swelling in your jaw, sudden bleeding gums and even newly occurring bad breath can also point towards impacted wisdom teeth. In short, if you start to notice changes in your mouth or experiencing jaw-based pain, it’s worth checking out.

Complications With Impacted Wisdom Teeth
When your wisdom teeth become impacted it can cause a lot of problems. The most common is overcrowding of the mouth, which is where wisdom teeth have to force their way up through existing teeth and push them aside. This can cause angular growth and compression, or even infection in some cases. There are also varying degrees of impacted wisdom teeth, from a minor compression to a sideways growth and infection, which can be difficult to deal with. Some wisdom teeth will manage to erupt through the gum line and a crown will be visible, while others lie beneath the gum line and are classed as ‘fully impacted’. If these teeth are left as they are, it can cause a number of complications for you. This includes things like permanent damage to the adjacent teeth, eroding enamel, pushing teeth out of their root or developing an infection in some areas. It can also be a secondary cause of gum disease and tooth decay, as these areas prove difficult and painful to clean properly. Perhaps the most severe complication of impacted wisdom teeth is the development of dental cysts. These happen because the wisdom teeth grow in a special sack located inside the jaw, and if the tooth becomes infected this can fill with fluid, leading to uncomfortable and painful cysts that can cause permanent nerve damage. If left untreated, these complications can lead to more serious issues, so it’s important you get them checked out as soon as possible.

Impacted wisdom teeth are never pleasant, and almost every one of you reading will know someone who has had issues with them. Wisdom tooth removal is one of the most common dental procedures carried out in the UK, with cavity treatments coming in first place. The warning signs for impacted wisdom teeth start quite subtly, but they escalate quickly, and the best way to catch them is with routine dental check-ups. If you’re not sure what your symptoms mean, always book an appointment with your dentist and describe your symptoms. For more advice on wisdom teeth or to book your check-up consultation, just get in touch with the Appledore team today.



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15 June 2018

Say No To Traditional Braces With Myobrace


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Did you know that nearly 75% of children will need braces or orthodontic work before they are 13 years old? It’s quite staggering really. But this is the age where the adult teeth have all grown in, and that period of change can cause a lot of problems in healthy jaw and bite development, including malocclusions. For a lot of children, this means having metal braces fitted to their teeth, to be lived with for months or even years to treat any number of malocclusions in their teeth. But what are malocclusions, and is there a way to treat them without traditional braces?

What Is A Malocclusion?

If we’re being technical, a malocclusion is defined as: ‘A misalignment or incorrect relation between the teeth of the two dental arches when they approach each other as the jaws close.’ But if we’re speaking in plain English, it’s just the specialists’ word for crooked teeth or a misalignment of your teeth when you bite. There are a number of different forms malocclusion can take, and they are all pretty common, particularly in children. Malocclusions can take the form of:

Overcrowding: A very common issue caused by a lack of space for the teeth in the jaw. This causes the teeth to become crooked and overlap. It’s the single most common reason for orthodontic work in adults.

Overjet: An overjet is where your top teeth extend past your bottom teeth horizontally (not to be confused with an overbite). The teeth protruding into your cheek can cause some problems with eating and speech.

Overbite: Ideally there should be a little bit of overlap from the upper to the lower teeth, in some cases the upper row of teeth go out too far, resulting in an overbite.

Crossbite: A crossbite is where your upper teeth come down inside your lower teeth. This can happen just on one side, at the front, back or even all over your jaw.

Anterior crossbite (underbite): This particular type of crossbite only affects the front teeth, and displays the opposite problem to an overbite, with the lower teeth jutting out past the upper ones.

Spacing: Spacing can occur between two or more teeth across your whole jaw. Some of the causes of spacing include missing teeth, small teeth, tongue thrusting and thumb sucking.

Diastema: A diastema is the space between two teeth, usually at the front (think of the famous Rimmel London model).

Impacted tooth: Impacted teeth aren’t able to come through the gums normally (known as eruption), and so get stuck. To treat this you may need to have the tooth removed, or have it exposed so that a brace can be fitted.

Missing tooth: Missing teeth can develop as a result of trauma, or the teeth could simply not develop properly and never erupt.

The Importance Of Early Intervention Orthodontics

On average, 2 out of 4 children will have or develop a malocclusion at some point in their childhood. For some, it will be the result of habits, such as thumb sucking, while others will be caused by adult teeth growing in and causing problems. If left unchecked, these small problems can grow and cause real dental issues as an adult, requiring extensive and usually very expensive treatment. However, if they are treated early, from the age of around, then the treatment can help the child’s teeth grow naturally into the correct formation. This means improved facial development, less pain and difficulty doing normal things like chewing or breathing through the mouth, and a decrease in bad oral habits like snoring and tongue thrusting. It also means a lot of money and time saved on orthodontic treatments in the future.

How Does Myobrace Help?

The Myobrace system has been designed as an alternative to the traditional, bulky braces of old. Instead, it’s a preventative pre-orthodontic treatment that focuses on addressing the underlying causes of crooked teeth – such as poor oral habits or abnormal development. It’s a series of appliances which have been proven to correct the habits of poor dental development while providing light forces to realign teeth into their natural positioning. Rather than wearing braces of complicated uncomfortable dental appliances 24 hours a day, the Myobrace system only needs to be work for one or two hours a day and overnight while sleeping. Combined with a series of ‘myofunctional exercises’ also known as ‘trainer activities’, the Myobrace can completely eliminate the need for invasive orthodontal work in the future. The Myobrace is best suited for children aged 3 to 15, but can be used to treat adults if needed, and is the perfect way to naturally correct crooked teeth.

Dr Teresa Day Clinical Director and Founder of Appledore Dental Clinic Milton Keynes
Dr Teresa Day Appledore Dental Clinic Founder and Clinical Director
At the Appledore Dental Clinic, Dr Teresa Day is an expert in fitting and treating with the Myobrace system. When the warning signs of malocclusion are spotted at your child’s regular check-up, Dr Teresa can perform an evaluation to see if your child is suitable. With her help, your child can avoid having uncomfortable braces fitted, and instead enjoy a simple dental correction while going about life as usual. For more information, please get in touch with the clinic today and book your consultation.



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