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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.
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...
Does Root Canal Treatment Hurt?
Does root canal treatment hurt is the question I am asked more than any other, usually with real apprehension behind it. The honest answer is no. Root canal treatment is carried out under thorough local anaesthetic, and most patients describe it afterwards as feeling...
Why Is My Tooth Sensitive After a Filling?
You have had a filling, everything went smoothly, and now the tooth twinges at cold drinks or when you bite. A tooth sensitive after a filling is extremely common, almost always temporary, and rarely a sign that anything has gone wrong. Here is what is happening, how...
Signs You Grind Your Teeth at Night
Night-time grinding is remarkably common and almost entirely invisible to the person doing it. That is the difficulty: the signs you grind your teeth at night are things you notice indirectly, or things somebody else spots first. Here is what to look for, and why it...
Denture Reline or New Dentures: Which Do You Need?
When a denture starts feeling loose, the natural assumption is that you need a new one. Often you do not. Denture reline or new dentures is a genuine choice, and the cheaper option is the right one more frequently than people expect, which is why it is worth having...