This week's report comes courtesy of the Daily Mail. An article written on Wednesday September 3rd "Deflated charges at the blow-up dental surgery" reports on the introduction of a mobile dental unit, from Hungary, designed to give patients consultations and an insight into how much their dental charges would be if they traveled abroad to have the work. Before we talk about the inflatable tent we … [Read more...]
What’s scarier than seeing the dentist?
Seeing the dentist with a tarantula of course! These photos are from a fantastic family day out at Wingham Wildlife Park, which I cannot recommend highly enough. The family had a blast and experienced some fantastic moments with the animals from the park. And if you're wondering, no, those aren't two ginger caterpillars crawling across my face, they really are my eyebrows! Any one looking … [Read more...]
Tooth Tourism-putting the miles into smiles
How far would you for a better smile. The answer in some cases is many thousands of miles. An article in yesterday's Sunday Times on the rise in tooth tourism shows that there are patients prepared to travel abroad to save money on their cosmetic dentistry. As a dentist in the UK you might imagine that I would be dead against this sort of behavior but in fact I can see how it is inevitable and … [Read more...]
“Can you make my front teeth look a bit better?”
The short answer is "Of course we can" but the next bit is "How would you like me to go about it?" It is so important that we involve the patient in this decision making process because both of these cases could have been treated with anything from 2 crowns each to 10 veneers each and every combination in between. Both patients did not want this. They wanted the teeth looking nicer but with out … [Read more...]
When Veneers Go Bad
It is fair to say that the growth in cosmetic dentistry in this country over the last 10 years has been astronomic. Dentistry is a multi-billion pound industry and cosmetic dentistry is the fastest growing part of it. Helping someone enhance their smile is a wonderful part of our job and their is no doubt that it can transform peoples lives. Sounds live there's a "but" coming, and there is. It can … [Read more...]
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