Year: 2011
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Dental Fear and Anxiety
For many people, a trip to the dentist is one of the greatest fears out there. Images of the dreaded dental chair, dentist with mask on, drill in hand, ready for action are quite frankly less than pleasant and enough to put many off a visit to have their teeth checked. Genuine ‘Dental Anxiety‘ which…
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Stuffing Your Face at Halloween
At Halloween, we all know that many kids will probably return home with bags full of nuts, sweets and chocolate from trick or treating. As a parent, should you let them immediately stuff themselves and get it out of their system? Shelbourne Clinic Dentist, Dr. Mark Kelly thinks it actually might not be such a…
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New Teeth Whitening Regulations
New EU regulations were brought into force this week which control the use of a chemical used in tooth whitening products. These regulations are warmly welcomed by everyone here at Shelbourne Dental Clinic and indeed by the entire dental profession in Ireland. The new European Council directive is concerned with the regulation of the use…
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Teeth Whitening Advice for this summer
In March of this year, the General Dental Council in the UK (the governing body for dental professionals) successfully prosecuted a non-registered dental professional for performing tooth whitening. This ruling is likely to cause chaos and confusion amongst hundreds of unregulated, unlicensed beauty salons across the UK and Ireland, not to mention concern from patients…
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Jennifer Aniston’s Dentist plays the guitar to her!
Actress Jennifer Aniston is playing a dentist, Dr Julia Harris DDS, who sexually harasses her employees in her latest film, Horrible Bosses. And in a recent interview in the US, she spills the beans about the dentist she visits in real life. He plays guitar for his patients, including her! www.okmagazine.com reports: ‘As she promoted…
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Summertime Smiling
As ‘Summer 2011’ is now upon us, we thought we’d share a few tips and tricks to keep your teeth and gums in perfect condition when enjoying the long warm days (we hope!), trips to the seaside, outdoor BBQs etc.. During the summer holidays, we all actually tend to snack a little more on sugary,…
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Denture Care: Tricks & Tips
It is really important that if you wear a denture, that you take proper care of it…. both for the good of your mouth AND your denture. We’ve written this piece for patients who wear dentures. Some useful tricks and tips for you all. Handle your dentures with great care. As dentists, we replace many…
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Beautiful Smiles Create Lasting Impressions
When we meet someone for the first time, it is often said that we first look at a persons eyes and front teeth. At Shelbourne Dental Clinic, we came across a recent paper written in the Journal of Dental Research (via iadr.com) which explains that the face and head, along with the body, are perceived…
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Dentists Seeing Big Increase in Gum Disease
The Irish Dental Association says cutbacks are causing patients to leave decay and gum disease untreated and 90% of Irish dentists say they now have to extract more teeth as a result of cutbacks. The results of the survey were presented to around 600 delegates attending the annual conference of the Irish Dental Association in…
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Don’t eat too many Easter Eggs!
Wow…. Easter time already… this year is really flying by! With the temptation of all those yummy Easter eggs and some of us “going back on the chocolate after lent”, it is important that we don’t neglect our dental health. As dental professionals, we would of course hope that you enjoy those Easter treats, but…