Posts tagged “toothpaste”

I lived in Venezuela for 2 years and for most of this I only wet brushed and flossed without toothpaste. Could this have caused any teeth or gum problems?

April 19th, 2012
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Hello Dr, I would like your advice please on my gums health. for the last two years I have been living in Venezuela working on various projects, I am now back home in Huddersfield. where we located was not great in terms of access to westernised products (which was amazing on the one hand). but trying to find places that sold toothpastes you could trust (that didnt look like silicone) was hard. as a result for most of this duration I wet brushed and flossed and occasionally got toothpaste. I feel I did the best I could but I was wondering if by not using toothpaste could I have caused any problems to my teeth/gums? I am due to see my dentist in a month or so where I will be checked but in a mean time knowledge is power? Thanks again

Dr Ian Dunn

Dr Ian Dunn

PurelyPerio Clinic 334, PO Box 334, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 0AG Web: www.purelyperio.co.uk Tel: 01625 419700

When is it the best time to take my daughter to the dentist?

July 21st, 2011
Q.

My little girl is 4months and just started teething, Iam wondering when is it the right time to take her to the dentist for the first time? The thing is I don’t want to take her to young and make her scared of dentists but I don’t want to leave it to late and her develop gum disease and rotten teeth. Please could you help me on this tricky matter? thanks for your time

Dr Ian Dunn

Dr Ian Dunn

PurelyPerio Clinic 334, PO Box 334, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 0AG Web: www.purelyperio.co.uk Tel: 01625 419700