This case demonstrates why we encourage the use of a well fitted mouthgaurd for all contact sports - football, rugby and hockey especially. The front tooth took a terrific knock in a football match and needed a direct white filling to rebuild it. We were able to build it up in 1 visit and the second photo shows it 1 month later, fortunately symptom free and comfortable for chewing with. The tooth … [Read more...]
A novel solution to a complex case
This case higlights the excellent versatility of fibre reinforced composites (FRCs). The broken tooth was not painful but was clearly unsightly and in need of restoration. Unfortunately there was very little space between the broken surface and the opposing teeth. Any attempt to restore this tooth with conventional techniques would have been very short term as the bite would have broken away any … [Read more...]
Belated congratulations to Amie and Angie
Well done to Amie and Angie for completing the London Walk to raise money and awareness for Oral Cancer Research and apologies for taking so long to post a photo of them. Clearly their efforts were considerably more than simply growing a mustache like I am currently doing so I think the rest of the StoneRock Team had better join them next year. Well done again and thanks to all of our customers … [Read more...]
Movember
Movember is upon us again and I have decided to back this worthy cause, not least because it gives me an excellent excuse to experiment with extreme facial hair. Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in men, it kills one of us every hour in the UK and 35,000 of us will be diagnosed with it in the next 12 months. Scary facts but the scariest of all is that with early detection it is curable. … [Read more...]
We have switched to Xylitol
Xylitol is one of nature's best kept secrets (in this country at least). Xylitol is a natural sugar, refined usually from fruit sugars or birch tree bark.It has approximately half the calories of normal sugar, is excellent for diabetics as it has lower GI rating and, most importantly for us dentists, helps prevent tooth decay. Imagine that a sugar that prevents tooth decay and we are not singing … [Read more...]
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