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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.
Why Are My Dentures Loose?
A denture that fitted beautifully a few years ago can gradually become something you are constantly aware of, adjusting with your tongue and reaching for more adhesive. Why are my dentures loose is a question with a reassuring answer: it is almost never that the...
Tooth Knocked Out? What to Do in the First Hour
If a tooth has been knocked out, what you do in the next hour matters more than almost anything else that follows. An adult tooth can often be saved and reimplanted, but the odds fall with every minute it spends out of the mouth. So this is written to be read quickly....
Smoking Effects on Teeth and Gums: What Really Happens
Most smokers know about the staining. Rather fewer know what smoking does below the surface, and that is the part that costs people their teeth. The smoking effects on teeth and gums go a long way beyond appearance, and one of them is particularly unfair: smoking...
Should You Clean Your Tongue?
Should you clean your tongue is a question that divides bathrooms across the country, and the answer is a clear yes. The back of the tongue is the single most common home for the bacteria that cause bad breath, and it is also the most commonly neglected surface in the...
What Can You Eat With Dentures?
What can you eat with dentures is usually asked with a certain amount of apprehension, often by someone imagining a lifetime of soup. The reassuring answer is that most denture wearers end up enjoying a wide and varied diet. It takes a few weeks and a little...