Merry Christmas to all and to all of your Teeth!
Our Christmas message to you
To all our dear patients
We wish you a very peaceful Christmas and hopefully a healthy New Year.
Just letting you know, the practice will be closed from the 24th of December and we will be reopening on Tuesday 4 January 2022.
All of our regular patients know how to contact me in an emergency, if you’re not sure ring the practice on 9882 3366 – we will leave a message on the answering machine.
If you cannot reach us, contact the Royal Dental Hospital on 9341 1000, or the outpatients department of a nearby general hospital.
Helpful Oral Health links
Christmas can also be an indulging time of the year. Remember to increase the amount your brush and floss as you increase your intake of sugary foods and Christmas cakes. Read ‘Brushing Teeth and Oral Hygiene Practices’ to ensure you are staying on top of your oral health care..
Below are a few helpful links of resources for some quick advice over the holiday season.
Further your knowledge of your children’s oral health especially with teething toddlers. Inside is key information about when your child should first see a dentist and how to identify the warning signs of decay..
Take the Erosive Tooth ware Quiz. Up to 30% of people have their tooth enamel either dissolved or warn away, Erosive Tooth wear (ET) is commonly mistaken to be related to tooth decay (dental carries). many individuals and communities often lack the correct knowledge on how best to manage and prevent the condition. The condition itself is largely effected by the acids in our diet and is easily preventable if managed correctly.
The Erosive Tooth wear Foundation is an organisation dedicated to educating people about ET. The underlying science, scale of the problem and how best to prevent and manage the condition. The following link contains excellent resources to expand your understanding of ET and even has a quiz to test yourself.
https://www.ada.org.au/Your-Dental-Health/Children-0-11/Toddlers
Lastly for everyone’s enjoyment I found these Christmas poems from the Poetry Foundation to be quite enjoyable.
Merry Christmas to all and to all of your clean teeth.
Dr Bob Cvetkovic.
