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Can Home Teeth Whitening Kits Damage Your Teeth?

A dazzling white smile can make anyone look instantly younger and more attractive, creating an improved self-image and ensuring a better mood. With a brighter smile, you can make a good impression and studies even show that smiles are contagious, encouraging other...

What is a Cracked Tooth?

Ever so often, a patient has a 'sensitive tooth', that seems perfectly normal, but may have a small existing amalgam filling within it. When a high definition photo of the tooth is shown, they usually point to an adjacent tooth that 'looks worse'. When the...

Wisdom teeth extraction – The why, the how and most of all – How much ?

As we humans evolve, our eating habits have changed from a rough and chewy diet to a softer and more processed meal and this lack of stimulation to the jaws, reduces their forward development. Wisdom teeth have no place to push through and there is the consequent...

The TRUE cost of Dental Tourism

Every so often, I turn on the radio to hear a few hours of “Dentist bashing”. I have heard callers call NZ dentists “greedy”, “a rip off”, and many more unflattering terms. Most boast of travelling to Thailand, India, China and other countries to have their dental...

Wisdom teeth – when is it a ‘good time’ to have them checked ?

A few days ago, as we were about to close, a 14-year-old boy came in with what looked like a tennis ball in his right cheek. He was not in too much pain, but was very conscious of a large swelling and so wore a hoodie to hide it. I suspected a dental...

A Cracked tooth – what’s that ?

It is always the last straw that ‘breaks the camel’s back’, and with teeth, it is usually a piece of soft bread, a biscuit or a steak. Teeth have a natural groove pattern, but some are much deeper and sinister. Suddenly there is a ‘loud crack’ followed by...

Can the 2017 NZ Election Affect Dental Costs?

Sigh! the 2017 elections are over, and Winston has finally selected his bride, so can we move on please. There is nothing more energizing when we meet a stranger than to be greeted with a beautiful Smile, one that extends ‘a warm welcome’ and says, ‘I live...

Did I Inherit Bad Teeth from my Parents?

Haven’t we all heard this one before… my dad and mum had bad teeth, so I will have bad teeth. They now wear dentures, so I am destined for false teeth. There is nothing further from the truth, but let me paint you a picture. All babies have mothers who...

Dental Implants – Choosing between a Titanium Implant and All Ceramic Zirconia Implant.

As our dental patients grow older, I am asked to replace more lost teeth with dental implants. At our Epsom practice in Auckland, we offer patients the choice of Titanium and Zirconia ( metal free dental implants ). It is absolutely necessary that a discussion be had...