Preventative Care

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We believe that the best way of treating patients is to prevent them needing treatment at all. To this end there are a wide variety of preventative treatments available, particularly for our young patients. These may involve plastic-coating the adult back teeth as they errupt (a technique known as fissure-sealing), fluoride applications or prescriptions for high fluoride toothpastes and rinses for high risk individuals, oral hygiene and dietary advice. This is continued into adulthood with regular x-ray screening to pick up any early problems, hygienist treatment and sometimes specialist referral for any gum problems.

Other local services such as smoking cessation clinics and oral medicine consultations are available on
referral.

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Please have a look at some of these other dental treatments we offer.

Routine Care

Routine Care

Your Dental Examination involves a lot more than just looking at the teeth. In addition your medical history will be closely checked as many conditions and medications can affect the […]

Hygienist

Hygienist

Our experienced Hygienist, Judie Henfry, has her own dedicated surgery within the practice and undertakes the majority of the scaling/polishing

White fillings

White fillings

The science of dental materials has changed a lot in recent years and nowhere more so than in the type of materials we are using in your back teeth. Whilst […]