Oral Health Guide

Oral Health Guide For Adults

Simple Steps To A Sensational Smile

Our team is here to help you maintain a good standard of oral health.  Healthy teeth are essential for a beautiful smile and the key to achieving this is to brush, clean in between your teeth, eat well and keep up your regular visits to your dentist.

• Use a quality power or manual toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste for two minutes twice a day. Don’t stop at just brushing your teeth and gums – give the back of your tongue a good clean as well – it harbours loads of smelly bugs which are a major factor in causing bad breath.
• Ask our hygienist team to advise you on the best sized toothbrush for you.
• Spit, but don’t rinse. Rinsing after brushing reduces the effectiveness of your fluoride toothpaste so don’t rinse it away.
• Cleaning in between the teeth is still a minority sport in Britain as compared to the USA, but it is essential to do so every day to remove the harmful bugs that not only cause gum disease but can also be responsible for bad breath.
• Lots of people find cleaning in between the teeth difficult, so ask your hygienist at your next appointment for a lesson in the best way to do it.

Useful Adult Oral Health links:

• NHS dental advice
• British Dental Health Foundation advice

Oral Health Guide For Children

We are committed to helping our patients from an early age.  We will help your children to become accustomed to visiting the dentist and will endeavour to encourage them to maintain healthy mouths free of cavities.  This section of the site is designed to help give both parents and their children as much information as possible on teeth whilst also making it fun.

Information on Children’s Teeth For Adults:

Use these links to find the most up to date information and answers to frequently asked questions:

• The British Dental Health Foundation 
• The NHS guide to  Children’s Teeth

Resources and Links For Children:

Going to the dentist and looking after your teeth is fun! Try this link to the Colgate Kids website where you can play toothy games and activities!

Here are some fun activity sheets for children to download, print off and colour in. There are five sheets in total which will scroll across the screen below. Alternatively you can click on the buttons to select a different sheet.