Oral Health & Dental Diseases

Fear of the dentist affects one in seven Australian adults — making it one of the most widespread anxiety disorders in the country. The good news is sleep dentistry (IV sedation) is available to help decrease these fears of visiting the dentist. .  What Is Sleep...

There are various causes of tooth loss, such as gum disease, tooth decay, and trauma.  Regardless of the underlying cause, however, you will need to know about the range of options available to you for replacing missing teeth. Aside from affecting your ability to...

What Is a Dental Crown? A dental crown is a dental prosthetic covering a tooth or implant. Typically made of porcelain, dental crowns are great for adding much-needed strength to teeth that have suffered from decay, trauma, multiple dental fillings or root canal...

If you’ve ever felt discomfort or pain in your teeth, you’ve experienced something dentists call ‘odontalgia’. That’s a fancy way of saying ‘tooth pain’, and according to a study by the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, twenty per cent of us will...

Most of us have heard of root canal treatment—usually in a way that makes it sound like something terrible. It’s no secret that many people have some anxiety about medical or dental procedures, but as is often the case in these matters, there is no cause for concern...

Sedation Dentistry is the use of medications during dental procedures to help reduce pain and anxiety with the aim to provide better comfort and experience for patients. While this is often called “Sleep Dentistry”, that term refers to only 2 types of sedation:...

A cavity is essentially a hole in your tooth caused by tooth decay. Without treatment cavities will continue  to get larger causing further tooth destruction as they can`t be cleaned   out by ordinary brushing. They can also lead to quite painful consequences and...

When you were a child, your parents would have told you lollies and sweets are a treat only and that you need to brush your teeth twice a day. It wasn’t just to keep you off the sugar rush. It turns out tooth decay is a diet-related condition. Dental health is such a...

Do you get nervous at the thought of going to the dentist? Well you are not alone.Studies have found that one in six Australian adults and one in ten Australian kids have fears about visiting  the dentist. Among specific population sub-groups, dental fear is even more...

Adults and children alike can suffer tooth injuries from sports. Research has shown that half of field hockey players have sustained at least one oral or face injury while playing the sport.. The main oral injuries sustained  from sports  include chipped, loosened,...