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Dental Tips and Advice from Dr Bilverdi
Plain-English dental tips and advice from Dr Bilverdi, written to help you look after your teeth between visits and know when it's worth picking up the phone. Browse by topic using the categories, or search for something specific.
How to Straighten Front Teeth Quickly
Most adults who want straighter teeth are not thinking about their whole mouth. They are thinking about the six or eight teeth that show when they smile. That is exactly why treatments designed to straighten front teeth quickly exist, and why they often take months...
How to Brush Your Teeth Properly
Almost everybody brushes their teeth. Rather fewer brush them in a way that reaches the places that actually matter. Knowing how to brush your teeth properly is not complicated, but a handful of small details make a genuine difference, and one of them, the one about...
How Are Same Day Crowns Made?
The idea that a crown can be designed, manufactured and fitted while you wait sounds implausible if you remember the old process: impressions, a fortnight in a temporary, then back again. So how are same day crowns made, and is anything being compromised to achieve...
Is Teeth Whitening Safe for Your Enamel?
Is teeth whitening safe is the question that stops a lot of people from having it done, usually because of something half-remembered about enamel being stripped away. The reassuring answer is that professional whitening, properly supervised, does not damage enamel....
Veneers or Composite Bonding: Which Should You Choose?
Veneers or composite bonding is one of the most common decisions in cosmetic dentistry, and the marketing around both rarely helps you choose. They use different materials, ask different things of your teeth, and cost very different amounts. Neither is better in the...