I have a limited number of places for new private patients. An extensive examination including any necessary x-rays is £50 for adults, £15 for children under 16 and free for children under 5 years old.
Please telephone 01904 479777 to arrange an appointment or follow this link to request a telephone call from one of our reception team.
August 2010 |
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath | If you are worried about garlic breath, drink a glass of milk, say scientists who claim it can stop the lingering odour. |
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Poor Dental Health In Deprived Children Needs To Be Tackled From Birth | Oral health strategies to combat very high levels of tooth decay in children from deprived areas need to start from birth. That's the conclusion of a large-scale study of the dental health of three-year olds published in the latest edition of the British Dental Journal. |
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Herpes Virus Breakthrough in Mouth Cancer Treatment | Doctors have used a genetically engineered herpes virus to help treat patients suffering from mouth, neck and head cancer. |
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Actor treated for throat tumour | Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is being treated for a tumour in his throat, his publicist has said. |
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NHS Direct closure worries dental expert | Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter, has expressed growing concerns over the closure of the medical advice helpline NHS Direct. |
July 2010 |
Hospitals ban sugar in tea | Hospitals will see a ban on sugar in tea and coffee due to possible health risks, health officials revealed. |
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Dentistry to go back to centralised control | Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley has set out the Government's ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term. The White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ details how power will be devolved from Whitehall to patients and professionals. |
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Churchill's false teeth sold in Norfolk for 15,200 GBP | Winston Churchill's false teeth were specially made to preserve his lisp A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill has been sold for £15,200 at an auction in Norfolk. |
June 2010 |
Midnight snacking damages the teeth, experts warn | Eating food in the middle of the night can seriously damage your teeth, Danish experts have warned. |
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WAGs winning grins | It's no surprise that Cheryl Cole has taken the top spot in a public survey to find the WAG with the best smile. |
May 2010 |
Increasing number of children suffering with preventable illnesses | The number of children in the UK that are suffering from preventable health conditions has reached epidemic proportions, according to research carried out by the BBC. |
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Rise of oesophageal cancer blamed on lifestyle factors | The increasing incidence of cancer of the oesophagus (gullet) and upper stomach over the last 40 years could be a result of poor diet, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and rising levels of obesity, research which appears in the British Journal of Cancer suggests. |
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Minister for dentistry confirmed | The new Ministerial team at the Department of Health has been confirmed by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. |
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New Health Secretary Appointed | Andrew Lansley CBE was appointed as Secretary of State for Health. Mr Lansley is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and previously served as the Shadow Health Secretary – a position he held from 2003. |
Feb 2010 |
Dental Health Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor | The UK's leading oral health charity has urged the Government to focus on the prevention of dental decay in under 5's following a new report into children's health. |
| A smoke free future | An ambitious new strategy will halve the number of smokers, from 21 to 10 per cent of the population by 2020, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham announced. | |
| Charity backs Olympic Committee as they order athletes to pay a visit to the dentist | With the 2010 Winter Games well under-way UK oral health campaigners have backed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to screen a record number of athletes for oral cancer. | |
Jan 2010 |
Studies advise on fluoridated toothpaste use in children | Parents should use toothpastes that contain fluoride with a minimum concentration of 1,000 parts per million to prevent tooth decay in their children, says a new report. Preventing tooth decay can help reduce the need for extensive and costly dental treatments, including extractions. |
| Added Sugar In Raisin Cereals Increases Acidity Of Dental Plaque | Elevated dental plaque acid is a risk factor that contributes to cavities in children. But eating bran flakes with raisins containing no added sugar does not promote more acid in dental plaque than bran flakes alone, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| Chief dental officer awarded CBE | The chief dental officer for England and the GDC's former president were both awarded CBEs in the New Year Honour List. | |
| An Indonesian man has been given compensation after a cigarette he was smoking exploded, taking out six teeth. | ||
| Dec 2009 | Overweight Santa urged to 'get off his sleigh' | Images of Santa should promote healthier lifestyle habits, a public health expert has claimed. |
| Demands on dentistry 'to rise due to ageing population' | NHS dentistry is facing a major challenge coping with the consequences of the ageing population, a leading expert says. |
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| Breakthrough reached on 'phasing down' dental Mercury use | GENEVA, Switzerland/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hailed as "a breakthrough" by Green Groups, an agreement in concept was reached yesterday by a World Health Organization (W.H.O.)-convened international expert group, supporting the "phase down" of dental mercury use worldwide | |
| NHS stress hotline launched across UK | An NHS helpline to help people struggling with stress has been launched by the government. | |
| Nov 2009 |
Some 250,000 11 to 17-year-olds in England are risking skin cancer by using sunbeds, a charity warns. |
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| Teeth grinders are in for a shock | Patients complaining of grinding their teeth in their sleep are being given mild electric shock treatment. |
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| Oct 2009 |
Somerset Primary Care Dental Service has teamed up with students at Bridgwater College and a Somerset video production company to produce a new educational DVD for the learning disabled and young children about caring for their teeth and avoiding tooth decay. |
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Scientists have created part of the jaw joint in the lab using human adult stem cells. |
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Enjoying a glass of white wine on a frequent basis can damage the teeth, something many wine makers and tasters will know first-hand, experts say. |
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Brushing removable dentures with a paste product might be the best way to keep them clean, better than soaking in effervescent or enzyme cleaning solutions, suggests a new review of what little dental literature exists on the topic. |
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| Sep 2009 |
Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found. |
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| A UK mouth cancer campaigner announce the first ever Mouth Cancer Action Month today after recent figures showed record numbers diagnosed with the disease | ||
A dentist who set up a surgery in his garage without planning permission has prompted complaints from neighbours. |
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| Aug 2009 |
The British Dental Association expressed concern at the statistics released by Cancer Research UK this week showing that oral cancer rates in the UK for men in their 40s have gone up by 28 per cent since the mid 1990s, and rates for women in their 40s have increased by 24 per cent in the same period. | |
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An assistive technology that enables individuals to manoeuvre a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries, according to the results of a recently completed clinical trial. |
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A seizure of what was believed to be cocaine with a possible street value of £500,000 was a legal substance, police in Devon have revealed. |
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Move over implants, regrowing dentition is on its way! Scientists from the University of Tokyo in Japan have managed to grow replacement teeth in mice from cells in a laboratory |
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Chris Eubank, the retired boxing champion, is having 30,000GBP of dental treatment to cure his famous lisp. |
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Ministers have agreed to an overhaul of NHS dentistry - just three years after the last shake-up of the system.
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The intricate and laborious route from bite impression and plaster mold to model scanning in the laboratory could soon be a thing of the past. In the future, a 3-D digitizer will provide the teeth contours – without a plaster model. |
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Dental researchers demonstrate success with tissue regeneration application that reduces pain and recovery time of gum grafting surgery, and eliminates need to take tissue from roof of mouth |
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Researchers have found that keeping a clean mouth could cut down on cases of dementia |
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July 2009 |
Using a combination of sensory, genetic, and in vitro approaches, researchers from the Monell Centre confirm that the T1R1-T1R3 taste receptor plays a role in human umami (amino acid) taste. |
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Dental admissions to accident and emergency departments for both adults and children has continued to rise in the past year, with the number reaching just over 22,000. |
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Gargling with a liquorice solution can help reduce postoperative sore throat — a common and painful complication of anaesthesia in patients undergoing surgery, reports a study in the July issue of Anaesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anaesthesia Research Society (IARS). |
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June 2009 |
BDA says Consultation and Piloting vital to success of reforms |
The British Dental Association (BDA) represents over 23,000 dentists working in general practice, in community and hospital settings, in academia and research, and in the armed forces. |
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The use of jargon is blight on the NHS and could end up harming patient care, doctors and campaigners say. |
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As the latest published figure of confirmed swine flu cases in the UK reaches 112, results from the latest British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF)’s survey reveals the extent of bad dental hygiene, which could possibly increase the risk of swine flu. |
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NHS dentistry in England needs to be completely overhauled to improve access, the Conservatives have said. |
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| Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced a series of dentistry pledges under a future Conservative government. | ||
| Scientists have discovered a genetic link between the dental disease periodontitis and coronary heart disease (CHD). | ||
| A war veteran woke up with a piece of shrapnel falling from his mouth early one morning | ||
| May 2009 | It’s a sign of the times when the country’s tooth fairies have to reign in their pennies. | |
| April 2009 | It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain. A recent study by New York University dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains. |
Situated in a purpose built medical centre, Clifton Moor Dental Centre has ample free parking.
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