Top Five Causes of Tooth Loss in Adults
When you’re growing up, losing your teeth feels like a rite of passage into adulthood. However, as an adult, experiencing tooth loss can be a distressing and costly experience that can affect your confidence and general health. There are a number of reasons why you might experience tooth loss in your adult life, ranging ...
What To Do Before Your Oral Surgery
With good preparation, the experience of having oral surgery can go very smoothly. Understanding what to expect ahead of time and being organised will go a long way in helping you to feel at ease about your procedure.
The Ultimate Wisdom Teeth Guide
One of the most common teeth to cause dental issues, and known to induce nervousness and anxiety in a lot of adults – the wisdom tooth. It’s the last of your 32 teeth to develop in your mouth, and with its late arrival comes many complications. We’ve taken the time to put together a ...
The Wisdom Teeth Fact Sheet
Having your wisdom teeth extracted can be a bit of a daunting prospect, especially if it’s your first time or you’re having more that one tooth out at once. With so many people having their wisdom teeth removed, and oral surgeons recommending taking them out before they even start to cause problems, you’re probably wondering ...
Four Tips for Relieving Anxiety During Oral Surgery
An upcoming oral surgery appointment can be a very real source of severe anxiety for some patience, ranging from pre-surgery jitters to anxiety, to a full-blown phobia. Despite the advances in oral surgery treatments to ensure a smooth process and a little pain as possible for patients, anxiety still persists.
4 Signs You Need Your Wisdom Tooth Extracted
Are you experiencing pain and discomfort at the back of your mouth? Wisdom teeth could be the cause of your strife. And, when it comes to wisdom teeth – it’s better to act sooner rather than later. So how to know if you need your wisdom teeth need to be removed? We’ve compiled four ...
What to do after Wisdom Tooth Extraction
You’ve got an oral surgeon appointment, you’re ready to wave goodbye to your wisdom teeth – but are you ready to take care of yourself post-surgery? The extraction of wisdom teeth is a surgical procedure that should be taken seriously, and making sure that you know what to do when you get home is ...
Symptoms and Causes of Wisdom Teeth Issues
Formally known as third molars, their common name or what they’re notoriously known by is ‘wisdom teeth’ as they present themselves a lot later than your other teeth, therefore coming across as more ‘wise’ than your earlier teeth.