Happy New year from the whole team at the Craigentinny Dental Practice. We hope you had a great Christmas break and that your new years resolutions are still in force! This month we have the second part of our first aid for teeth series and you can find out what the teams dental resolutions were below. Finally in practice happenings there is some very exciting news; read on to find out more.

best wishes for 2004

from

The Craigentinny Dental Practice Team



	New years resolutions

	2 weeks into the new year are you still sticking to your new years resolutions? Perhaps you took the safest approach which is resolving not to make new years resolutions! At the practice, while we try, we are not saints when it comes to all matters dental. Listed below are some of the teams dental new years resolutions. There will be a free electric toothbrush to anyone who can match the resolutions up to the team members. Only eat chocolate and sweets on just just 1 day of the week not all 7 Floss every single day of the week not just "most" days To brush for a 2 full minutes morning and night To run to time and not keep patients waiting To switch to sweetener instead of sugar in tea and coffee
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Dental First Aid Part 2

Almost all of us suffer from a bump or blow to the teeth at some point during life. In most cases this is during childhood at the toddler stage. For older children or adults playing contact sports is the most likely time to experience a bump or blow. The immediate post injury period is the most critical when trying to achieve a successful outcome. Our simple guide below will help you to do the right thing in an emergency.

An adult tooth has been knocked out

If the tooth is clean, replace the tooth in its socket as soon as possible at the site of the accident.

use a tissue rolled into a pad to bite on to stabilise the tooth until you can seek dental assistance

If the tooth is dirty rinse it in milk or cold water and gently replace it.

If you cant push it back store it in milk or saliva and seek emergency dental assistance

DO NOT -scrub it or use any disinfectant and don't let the tooth dry out

An adult tooth has been chipped

If you can see no bleeding then the tooth will simply need to be dressed by a dentist. This will prevent bacteria entering the small the small tubes inside the tooth. A long term repair can follow later.

If you do see bleeding then there is a good chance that the tooth will require more extensive treatment seek an appointment at the earliest opportunity.

Prevention

Custom made mouth guards will prevent most contact sporting injuries to the teeth. They have also been shown to reduce the risk of concussion too. Ask your dentist for more information

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Practice Happenings

You will know that we have been keen to develop our practice to allow us to be able to assist you to keep your teeth, gums and mouth healthy, fresh and pain free for life. The only way to achieve this is through preventative dental care.

Whilst we are proud of the level of preventative care that we are providing now, we know that we can make it even better! We are hindered from doing so by lack of space within our existing practice premises at 69 Inchview Terrace. However, the exciting news is that we have managed to secure new premises that will now allow us to provide you with truly excellent 21st century preventative dental care.

We have purchased new and bigger premises in an area about 1 mile from our current site. There are 7 bus routes that stop directly outside and we will even have off street parking for our patients too! More details will follow in our next newsletter.

and finally......

we welcome back new mum Evelyn O'Farrell who has re joined us after her maternity leave.

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That's it for this time around, we would love to have your feedback on any aspect of the practice or newsletter so please don't be shy just send us an e-mail We look forward to seeing you at the practice soon.

Best wishes

The Craigentinny Dental Practice Team

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