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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 Often Should You Have a Scale and Polish?
How often should you have a scale and polish is a question with no single right answer, which is unsatisfying but true. Many patients do well with one every six months alongside their check-ups. Others need three-monthly visits, and a few can comfortably go longer....
Do Veneers Ruin Your Teeth?
Do veneers ruin your teeth is a question I would far rather patients asked before treatment than after, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a reassuring one. Fitting porcelain veneers usually involves removing a thin layer of enamel, and enamel does not grow...
How Long Does Teeth Whitening Last?
How long does teeth whitening last is usually the second question people ask, right after whether it is safe. The realistic answer is somewhere between one and three years for most patients, though the range is wide because it depends almost entirely on what happens...
Healing After Tooth Extraction: How Long Does It Take?
Healing after tooth extraction happens in stages, and knowing the timeline takes most of the worry out of it. The socket closes over within a week or two, the gum surface heals within a month, and the bone underneath quietly fills in over several months. Most people...
Temporary Crown Came Off? What to Do
It nearly always happens at an inconvenient moment: a sticky toffee, a crusty roll, and suddenly something small and hard is loose in your mouth. If your temporary crown came off, it is a nuisance rather than an emergency, but it does need attention reasonably...