Expecting a baby? Here’s why you should take extra care of your teeth and gums at this time. It is a well established fact that everyone needs to see a dentist regularly, in order to help ensure that their teeth and gums are in good health. Usually this is every six months but may vary depending on the person and their situation. There are times too, when certain situations mean that you might need a little more help from one of our Acton dentists than you usually do. One of these situations is when you are expecting a child. Pregnancy causes many changes to the body including hormonal changes ..read more

Dental implants are very robust but you still need to look after them. Here’s how…. If you lose a tooth, whether through damage or decay, you will most likely take a look at the various options for replacing it. These options include dentures, a bridge or, increasingly, dental implants. This latter option is, in our opinion, the strongest and most secure replacement tooth which also has excellent longevity, often lasting for twenty years or more providing that good care is taken of them. It is this last aspect that we are going to look at in today’s blog. We all know that if we don’t brush and ..read more

A look at the treatment options available at our Acton dental practice. Most people who read this blog will probably have been treated by a dentist for a cavity, or if they haven’t, probably will be at some point in their life. Few of us will escape this relatively minor treatment and filling a tooth is one of the most common procedures that we carry out at the Acton Vale Dental Centre. Many of you who have had this procedure will have had an amalgam filling. These have been in use for many years in the UK and have excellent strength and durability. It does have its drawbacks though. The main ..read more

Dentures aren’t the only available option for Acton patients who have lost some of their teeth Ageing is a fact of life and one that has its pros and its cons. Maturity brings benefits but also, for a lot of people, an increasing number of health challenges, including oral health ones. We will discuss the wider range of these in a future blog, but today we want to look at the one that many of us dread as we become older, and that is the possibility of tooth loss. Even in our more mature years, we still want to look our best and also be able to eat any food that we want, unrestricted by the lim ..read more

The level of discomfort from sensitive teeth can vary a lot, but you don’t have to put up with it…. Far too many of us suffer with overly sensitive teeth. All teeth are sensitive to a certain degree of course, which is how we avoid putting too much pressure on them when we eat our food. Without this, we could easily damage our teeth. The type of sensitivity we are referring to though, is one that comes about when the tooth is damaged in some way or naturally susceptible. If you have ever winced in pain when you ate or drank something hot or cold, then it is likely that you have a problem that ..read more

Our Acton dental team looks at this ever increasing problem. There is little doubt that we are, as a nation, more stressed than our ancestors were. Despite the advances in housing, diet and general healthcare, we seem to be able to find a never ending source of things to worry about. The fact that we now have the world at our fingertips hasn’t helped matters either. Although there are undoubted benefits to having access to the information that we do now, it seems that we have also lost the ability to switch off and often indulge in what many call ‘doom scrolling’. It is widely known that stres ..read more

Think beyond sweets and chocolates as gifts and offer ones that are better for teeth and gums. Christmas is almost here, although perhaps the annual day of snow came a little earlier this year! Some of you will, no doubt,  be well organised and may have got all of your Christmas shopping done whilst others may still be wondering what to buy some people. Often when we reach the ‘panic’ stage, we tend to opt for standards such as gifts of chocolates or sweets etc. Whilst a few of these won’t do too much harm, having a lot of chocolates etc isn’t a good thing as we are likely to eat them all ..read more

Our Acton dentists offer useful advice on how to keep your teeth as stain free as possible. People today probably pay more attention to the way that their teeth look than previous generations have. There are now a wide range of treatments available for almost every cosmetic purpose. As with general dental problems though, it is better to prevent any problems arising in the first case if at all possible. One of the most common reasons that people are unhappy about their teeth is when they become discoloured or stained. While it may not be possible to stop this altogether, there are certainly a ..read more

Unfortunately, sugar isn’t the only thing that can harm your teeth! Ask most patients what the most damaging thing is for their teeth and gums and most will tell you that it is sugar. This is good news in that the message about sugar causing tooth decay seems to have fully sunk in. There is a danger however, that a lot of people think that their oral health will be fine as long as they are careful about their consumption of it. While sugar is undoubtedly responsible for much tooth decay, often accompanied by poor oral care, it is not the only thing that can be damaging and, in today’s blog, we ..read more

Visible, uncomfortable braces can be a thing of the past with Invisalign aligners. Many dental treatments can provide great results in just a brief period of time. A classic example of this would be the teeth whitening procedure which can whiten your teeth in just a week or so. One treatment that does take longer to produce the desired results though is orthodontic treatment. While it is true that cosmetic orthodontics are available for very minor issues such as slightly crooked visible front teeth and which may only take a few weeks to work, many people have to wear orthodontics for a longer ..read more