During pregnancy, your teeth and gums can sometimes become quite sensitive & sometimes even bleed. This is because the hormonal changes to your body during pregnancy can make your teeth/gums more susceptible to plaque which in turn leads to inflammation. Keeping your teeth and gums healthy during pregnancy is very important and if you carry on your regular tooth brushing for...
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Jaw ache? This kind of disorder can be referred to as TMJ syndrome, TMJ dysfunction or temporomandibular disorders (TMD) a problem affecting the ‘chewing’ muscles and the joints between the lower jaw and the base of the skull. What is the temporomandibular joint? The temporomandibular joint is the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull, which is in front of...
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So the warmer waters in Cornwall have encouraged our most recent marine life visitors, The Basking Sharks… They were spotted off Cadwith and Porthcurno earlier last week. The reason for our Cornish coast becoming a sea life hotspot is because during the early spring & summer months, warmer water moves from the Atlantic into the coastal waters of the western UK, which encourages greater...
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Teeth are something we all notice from the get go, our eyes are automatically drawn to the mouth, especially when engaged in conversations & if your feeling conscious of your smile social situations can be stressful. If your concerned about the colour of your teeth it is something that can be altered from the comfort of your own home. But...
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The popularity of social networking sites has rapidly increased over the past few years. Social media provides enormous amounts of services and benefits to its users by helping them to connect with new people, share opinions, stay up to date on what is going on in their local area, Some social media sites even have for sale advertisements, business pages etc etc. The possibilities...
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We would like to congratulate Jade Adams, one of our Dental nurses. She recently passed her Impressions taking course & yesterday passed her Radiography course. Jade has worked very hard revising both subjects & it has obviously paid off. Congratulations Jade, you can now enjoy the Cornish sun!
So this week we have been blessed with highs of 19° C the cloudless sky has been a welcome blessing to our Cornish coasts and haven’t we loved these lighter evenings? But we have been informed that we are not the only ones enjoying our lovely Spring sun and our almost tepid coast… Giant Jellyfish have swarmed the region and wreaking havoc...
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If I were Prime Minister is a series of celebrities/spokes people who have been asked to write a piece for The Independent, they have given their personal thoughts/views about what they would do for the country should they theoretically become Prime Minister. What they have been doing is 100 days, 100 contributors, but no politicians… interesting! What caught our eye was Jamie Oliver’s article… giving...
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So children’s dental health has been a hot topic in the news for months and unfortunately decay has been on the rise. Children at a young age are having teeth filled & even having to endure a general anaesthetic for multiple extractions. The Public Health England researchers checked the teeth of nearly 54,000 children at nurseries, children’s centres and playgroups....
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Why would you visit the hygienist when you can clean your teeth yourself at home? It is true to say that lots of people can clean their teeth perfectly well at home, but many also have problems of access, tricky nooks and crannies or dexterity issues, or a susceptibility to building plaque rather efficiently! And let’s face it – there...
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