Tag: blog
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Ceramic Crowns and Veneers: A Better Smile
This is just a quick look at a case I did recently. This lady was unhappy with the appearance of her smile. Her teeth were quite dark in colour, slightly crooked and had several large fillings in place. We had a good chat about the various options available; in this case we decided that we…
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Crooked teeth and an unhappy patient
Here is another interesting case I thought you might like to see. Here is the lady as she first presented This lady first came to see me a little under two years ago. She HATES her teeth. (her words, not mine.) She is 42 years of age and wanted my opinion on her smile. She was…
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Young Childrens’ Dental Health of No Importance
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” -Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, 1995. Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m angry. In case you think I’ve taken leave of my senses, let me explain my “provocative” headline. Someone, somewhere, in the Health Service Executive has decided that…
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Attack of the Killer Mouthwash
“I read it in the paper so it must be true.” -Jim Moriarity, Sherlock (2012) Killer mouthwash? Ok, so maybe I’ve overstated my headline a little this time, but I may not be the only one. There’s a news story doing the rounds the last few days stating that “Mouthwash ‘could lead to greater incidences…
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Look what Santa brought you!
Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a great Christmas break and are all set for the year ahead. We just wanted to post this quick note to show you what Santa left for our patients to play with in the waiting room….. …..some gorgeous, lovely, shiny, new Ipad Minis!! Aren’t they pretty..oooohhhh!…
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A Crown For Every Tooth
If you watched the recently finished series 4 of Love/Hate on RTE recently, you will be familiar with Andrew, the dentist who is a little, shall we say, “crown happy”. Basically every problem needed to be treated by crowning the tooth, thus leaving our friend Andrew making a “tidy profit”. Dr. Andrew from Love/Hate –…
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Shedding light on dark teeth
The Dark Tooth… The “dark tooth”…. something that I see pretty much every day of the week here at Shelbourne Dental Clinic. Some people are very upset by it; others don’t even notice (until I point it out to them during their check-up). Of course, there are loads of reasons why teeth become dark(er). Right now I’d…
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Is No Dentistry the Best Dentistry?
“Don’t just do something, stand there!” -White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland (1951) I was reminded last week of something one of my clinical instructors from Dublin Dental School used to say. (How long ago?… well…let’s just say I had a lot less grey hair back then!!) When listing treatment options for any dental issue, he…
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Why Do I Need Dental X-rays?
“Why do I need dental X-rays?” Sometimes a patient, particularly a new patient, will ask me this question. From their point of view it’s perfectly understandable. After all, if there’s no pain, and nothing looks wrong, then why take x-rays? It’s certainly true that we don’t take x-rays out of idle curiosity. To quote from the Irish Dental…
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Suffer from bad breath?
What is bad breath and what causes it? There are several names for bad breath. Some people call it “Morning Breath” – dentists and doctors tend to give it it’s clinical name: Halitosis. Bad breath isn’t in itself an actual problem, but we are all well aware that it’s bearer can suffer major problems with…