London Bridge Dental Practice Blog » chipped tooth http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Dentists in South East London advise patients to get mouth guards fitted http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/dentists-in-south-east-london-advise-patients-to-get-mouth-guards-fitted http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/dentists-in-south-east-london-advise-patients-to-get-mouth-guards-fitted#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:54:41 +0000 admin http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/?p=333 Protecting your teeth is absolutely crucial. Hopefully you are brushing your teeth and flossing, as well as paying regular visits to your dentist so that your teeth stay in good health. But it is possible that you are putting your teeth in danger because of activities or hobbies that you undertake. If this is the case then South East London dentists advise you to get a mouth guard so that your teeth don’t get damaged.

Certain sports can put your teeth at risk of being harmed. Rugby, American football, lacrosse and both field and ice hockey can involve your mouth suffering from impact either from another player or one of the implements that is used. In mountain biking, any fall from the bicycle can injure the mouth. These injuries might leave you with teeth that get cracked or chipped or even fall out.

Thankfully mouth guards are widely available. The most basic kind of mouth guard can be purchased from any high street sports retailer. These stock products are affordable and can be worn immediately but the protection they offer is only minimal. So called ‘boil and bite’ mouth guards offer a higher level of production because they are moulded to the unique shape of your mouth by plunging them into boiling water and then biting into them.

The highest degree of protection is offered by mouth guards which are fitted individually by your dentist. These are constructed to fit your mouth perfectly and protect your teeth from heavy impact. It is recommended that you wear some kind of mouth guard if you indulge in any of the afore mentioned activities. It is better, after all, to protect your teeth than to have to deal with the consequences of damage.

]]> http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/dentists-in-south-east-london-advise-patients-to-get-mouth-guards-fitted/feed 0 Porcelain Crowns easily explained by a South East London dentist http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/porcelain-crowns-easily-explained-by-a-south-east-london-dentist http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/porcelain-crowns-easily-explained-by-a-south-east-london-dentist#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:58:05 +0000 admin http://www.lbdp.co.uk/blog/?p=79 A Porcelain Crown is just that, a crown, says a South East London dentist. We all associate a crown as a piece of headgear worn by a king or queen and that is exactly what a tooth crown is, a piece of head covering. That can mean a top crown that is made to replace a part of a tooth that is damaged by a crack or even worse, a chipped tooth. The advances in dentistry science have made it possible to take the top and sides off a tooth, and then simply replace the ground down part of the tooth with the crown. This method is also used to cover the front of a tooth in whole, which can also repair and hold a crack, or cover up a discoloured tooth or a chip. In a lot of cases it can also slightly reduce gaps and cover misaligned teeth. Using porcelain as a material for the crown has a lot of advantages for the technician who makes them to order. Allowing the technician to build up the thickness by layering the porcelain makes the false tooth look more realistic, it also allows the whiteness to be controlled so that it fits in with the other teeth that will lie below, and to the side of the crown. The porcelain is a clay material and when baked it sets rock hard, which makes it easy to cement onto the existing tooth and hard wearing enough to last many years, usually without any or little maintenance. The procedure is in two sittings generally; at the first the dentist prepares the tooth to take the crown, which may mean grinding and roughing the surface. Then an impression is taken and the crown made. At the second sitting the tooth is cleaned and the crown fitted in place.

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