There are many tough things about getting older. A common complaint is that people feel they are losing their looks compared to their younger self. Of course people can be beautiful at any age and it’s what’s inside that counts the most but there are things you can do to give yourself extra peace of mind that your appearance is as good as it can be.

Losing the pristine white sheen from your teeth is a disappointing experience that usually takes place gradually over a number of years. Even with dedicated care, drinking tea, coffee, cola drinks and red wine can slowly stain teeth, as can smoking. For the few who don’t indulge in any of those things, simple wear and tear will probably mean that middle aged teeth are not as sparkly as they once were.

There is a stunning new treatment that your dentist can administer which will put an end to the dissatisfaction you feel with the colour and shade of your teeth. It’s called Zoom teeth whitening and it is incredibly quick and effective. Rather than having to take the whole morning or afternoon off work, the amazing results of Zoom teeth whitening can be achieved in just one session at the surgery which will last around forty five minutes.

Just like with the home whitening kits that can be purchased in pharmacies or supermarkets, Zoom teeth whitening involves the application of special whitening gel onto the teeth. This is done using special trays. Once this has removed the stains and begun to whiten the surfaces of teeth, your Braintree dentist will shine a special curing light onto the teeth which will give it an extra superb finish. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

One in three people in Britain will be directly affected by cancer in their lifetimes. Survival rates are improving all the time, thanks to the continuing good work of scientists and researchers, but cancer is always best dealt with in its early stages. Dentists can help with one particular type of cancer because they have such intimate access to your mouth.

During the regular visits to your dentist, they will not only be looking out for the health of your teeth and gums but also being vigilant for any signs of the development of oral cancer. You can keep your eyes peeled for it too when you are brushing your teeth and looking at the inside of your mouth in mirror. Rusty, hardened patches in your mouth should be reported to your dentist immediately as they might be an early sign of cancer in the mouth.

Males have far higher rates of oral cancer in the United Kingdom than females, as do those who smoke tobacco and drink regularly and to excess. But that does not mean that every doesn’t need to be on guard. Your chances are excellent if the disease is caught early and your Epping dentist will be well aware of the correct procedure to refer you to a specialist as soon as he or she thinks that something might be wrong.

All of which serves as another excellent reason to keep up the habit of going to see your dentist every six months. They have trained for years to be able to assess your mouth in terms of its health; it doesn’t matter how thoroughly you examine your mouth for signs of oral cancer, your dentist will be more effective at it than you are! Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

For those of us who like to play certain sports, our mouths can be at risk of sustaining injuries, just like the rest of our bodies. Rugby, American football, lacrosse, hockey and even competitive mountain biking are physical activities which can, when things go wrong, leave people with missing teeth. As your mouth needs a full set of teeth in order to function properly, it is best to prevent any teeth from being dislodged rather than dealing with the consequences after it has happened.

Wearing a mouth guard when pursuing these activities is the most effective way of ensuring that you don’t lose your teeth. There are several different types of mouth guard on offer to consumers. Sports shops and online retailers sell mouth guards of the one size fits all variety. These are very cheap but only offer minimal protection from injury because they are not tailored for the unique shape and contours of your own mouth.

A step up from those mouth guards are so called ‘boil and bite’ mouth guards. These are available too from sports retailers and are also affordable. Made of a certain type of rubber, these mouth guards are bitten into having been plunged into boiling water to render them more malleable. Even better than these though are mouth guards which your dentist makes for you personally. By taking moulds of your teeth, as if a brace is to be made, your dentist can fabricate a mouth guard that is fitted for your mouth specifically.

Don’t take the risk of losing some of your teeth; talk to your Billericay dentist about having a mouth guard fitted. It is far better to be safe than sorry in these sorts of circumstances. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Tooth loss can happen to anyone. It is, of course, common in people who neglect the health of their teeth, allowing gum disease and dental decay to take place; but accidents can happen too which might dislodge a tooth or teeth from the mouth. Your mouth needs to have a full set of teeth so that it can function as it supposed to. Try asking someone without teeth how easy they find it to eat an apple or crisps, for example. Even losing one tooth has its effect as the teeth on either side of the gap can start to shift into the space left behind.

Mini implants are an effective and permanent way to replicate a tooth where you have lost one. The miracle of these implants is that they are so permanent. A Portuguese dental scientist stumbled across the property of the metal titanium that allows it to fuse with living bone over time. He saw that this could be put to use for patients who were missing teeth. Soon replacements for the lost root part of teeth were being made from titanium and placed beneath the gums of patients and against the jaw bone.

Into the implants, dentists can then screw a false tooth, safe in the knowledge that the foundation of the titanium fused with the bone will be incredible secure. They are not an inexpensive option but once they are in place you won’t even have to think about them again. So flexible and secure are mini implants that they can be fitted anywhere in the mouth and used to support a whole bridge of replacement teeth. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Many teenagers have uttered it over the years: ‘if only there was a way I could straighten my teeth out without having a horrible looking metal thing in my mouth.’ It’s easy to understand where they are coming from because, although braces are supremely effective at what they do, they don’t exactly look very attractive.

The prayers have been answered though in the form of Invisalign, also known by its many enthusiasts as: ‘the see through brace’. Instead of attaching metal brackets to the teeth and then threading wires through them, Invisalign uses a clear plastic that is fitted over the teeth, a bit like a mouth guard but without the flexibility.

At regular appointments with your Basildon dentist, they will assess the progress of your teeth under the influence of the Invisalign brace. When your teeth have been moved as far as they can by that particular Invisalign, your dentist will fabricate you a new one to wear that will gently push your teeth a little further into the positions which are best for them.

They are completely removable and they only have to be worn for twenty two hours a day. This means they can be take out to be cleaned after meals or even not worn during the meals themselves. Although they are comfortable and discreet, they can even be taken out for a meeting or during the all-important school disco.

Ask your Basildon dentist if he or she is registered with Invisalign is you have crooked teeth that you are fed up with and want them to be sorted out. You won’t regret it when you have a splendid set of teeth that are perfectly aligned with one another. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Just a few short years ago, being able to straighten out a set of crooked teeth without having a mouth full of metal seemed like an unattainable the pipe dream, or the ramblings of a fantasist. But things have changed and now dentists in Chelmsford and the rest of the United Kingdom can offer patients an Inman aligner to cure minor alignment issues in their mouths.

Rather than using a whole set of metal brackets and metal wires, Inman aligners work using a concealed, coiled spring which, over time, pushes teeth against a straightening bar which runs across the front teeth. This bar is the only visible part of Inman aligners and, as such, it is far more discreet than the traditional brace. It is one of the terrible ironies of metal braces that, in order for patients to have a better looking smile, they must have a mouth full of metal for several years in the process.

Inman aligners work far quicker than metal braces as well. The average time that a patient will need to wear an Inman aligner is about six months. This is about a quarter of the two years that many people need to wear a traditional, metal brace for. It is suitable for patients of any age and can correct most problems with alignment except for actually rotating teeth.

The results will be stunning. If you have grown used to having crooked teeth, you might not be aware of what a huge difference it will make to your outlook on life by having a set of straight teeth. For one thing you’ll find that you are smiling an awful lot more because you want to show off your lovely set of teeth! Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

There are a lot of home bleaching kits available in Colchester- some good and some not so good, and sometimes they are simply unsuitable for the person who wants to use them. This rather dangerously removes the dentist from the equation, but thanks to Enlighten Tooth Whitening, the dentist still has a role to play- measuring you up for the trays and checking for any signs of gum disease, while you carry out the 2-week bleaching course at home. The trays are lock-tight, so once they are filled with the bleaching gel, they lock over the teeth and gums for a good eight hours. What’s even better is that you can do this before retiring to bed to sleep. During the process, you must clean your teeth all the time with a good, whitening toothpaste to keep the process going, but steer clear of smoking and any food or drink that is liable to stain. But if you stick to the regime, the results are unbelievable. This product has captured the imagination of patient and dentist alike promising the lightest shade of white possible, while leaving you with the look of porcelain in your mouth. But if you are still skeptical- this is considered to be the biggest breakthrough in teeth whitening for 20 years by dentists at the very top of their profession! Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Depending what generation you come from, most people who had any form of dental x-ray in the past, would have had to wait a couple of weeks before they got the results back. Of course, by that time, the condition could have worsened by the time it came to treating the teeth. This is in no way meant to impugn x-rays overall, they have proved to be a valuable source of information to dentists time and time again in the treatment of their patients; it’s a way of determining the extent of cavities and bone loss in the mouth. But now it’s time for the new kid on the block- digital x-rays and if you’ve been to the dentists in Basildon of late for one, you may have noticed that an instant diagnosis has been made on the spot. That essentially is the big difference, made possible by the computer and digital imaging. As soon as the x-ray has been taken, it’s fed into the computer for analysis so that the image can be immediately diagnosed and then stored on a disc- hence doing away with the large filing cabinets of the past. But another advantage of this technology is that all your old x-rays can be scanned onto the computer too, to keep an overall picture of your mouth from past to present. In reality- it benefits treatments to dentists and their patients like never before.

Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

You know, it really isn’t the end of the road if you have to wear dentures. In fact, if you care to take at look at what’s on offer nowadays in Chelmsford, you may be in for a pleasant surprise. Finally, dentures are having a bit of thought put behind them and how they are made. Hard un-wearable plastic teeth are giving way to a new range of materials that are softer, easier to wear and that actually look like teeth! Depending of the type of dentures you have to wear, partial or full, they fit better in the mouth and adhere to the gums a lot better than ever before. Modern dentists try to save teeth these days, rather than pull them out, so if you have had to have a lot of teeth removed for whatever reason, some are kept where possible, to attach partial dentures too to give you and your look a more natural feel. Of course the greatest advancement for denture wearers is the mini-implant. 5-8 of these can located in the jaws in one sitting and once in place, your new, adjusted dentures will simply click onto the implants to hold them in your mouth. And believe it or not, they won’t be falling out of your mouth over lunch or during conversation. This is a major problem eradicated for denture wearers. Shop around and see what’s on offer. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

One of the procedures that has been used over and over again in cosmetic dentistry is the porcelain veneer because of its versatility and beauty, and if your teeth are suffering a little in Harlow from cracks and gaps, or even receding gums, then this is most definitely the treatment you need to get your confidence back on-line and look amazing again. It’s incredible what good looking teeth can do for the soul and porcelain in the mouth is the way of doing that. Veneers are wafer thin, but once bonded to another surface, their strength multiplies radically making them durable for a good 15 years. Preparation is painless and easy. The dentist will first shave away the existing enamel on the teeth and then take a mould of your teeth to send away for manufacture and in the meantime, you will be fitted with a temporary veneer until yours are ready. When they return, the temporary is replaced by the real thing- being cemented into place. The reason veneers are so popular is the affect they have on the wearer when they see them for the first time; all that wear and tear has been replaced by a beautiful full-length veneer that gives perfection to the smile. Choose this treatment and you won’t stop smiling! Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.