Smile News

last updated - 9th August 2009

'FEED YOUR SMILE'

1. Eat  a well balanced diet
2. Brush twice-a-day with a fluoride toothpaste
3. Have regular dental check ups

Welcome to our new Dental Nurse Joanna Przybyla who will sit the National Dental Nurse Exam in November 2009.

Fake toothpaste found in market stalls and discount shops

On July 12, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare alerted consumers to the news that fake toothpaste, falsely packaged and labelled as Sensodyne, with dual language Arabic and English text on the pack, had been found in the UK.
GSK markets Sensodyne with English-only packaging in the UK and not in a 50ml tube size in the UK. The fake packs are falsely labelled in English and Arabic as Sensodyne Original and Sensodyne Mint.
These tubes contain diethylene glycol (DEG), which could be toxic to young children and anyone with impaired liver or kidney function; GSK does not use DEG as an ingredient.

Oral Health Problems

• About 5 million pople visit their dentist with toothache every year.
• 19 out of 20 people suffer from gum disease at some point in their life, making it the most common disease in the world.
• One in four adults suffer from ad breath on a regular basis.
• 39% of people now use electric toothbrush.
• 1 in 5 people brush their teeth less than twice-a-day.
• Only 22% of people claim to use floss regularily.
  
  
  
• Beauty know it all

For whiter-looking teeth, avoid lipstick with reds, Orange or copper-tones - they will bring out the yellow in your teeth. Opt for blue-ish toned reds.

• The Tea Plant

The Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) extracts fluoride from the soil depositing it in its leaves.
Drinking two cups of tea a day gives you 1.3mg of Fluoride helping protect your teeth from decay (varies).
When taken with milk it is a good source of Calcium, Vit B2, B6 and zinc.

• Eat more Sushi  

Research in Japan has shown that 'wasabi ' (Japanese mustard) has antibacterial properties that stop cavity causing cells sticking to teeth.  It can also help prevent blood clots and asthma.

Growing body of evidence demonstrating a link between good oral healthcare and good overall body health.  

Heart

December 2008--Italian/UK study in FASEB Journal reveals good oral healthcare and treatment of gum disease can percent the bacteria that causes thickening of the arteries.

Diabetes

November 2008--Columbia University (USA) publishes evidence of links from periodontal disease to type 2 diabetes. Of 9,000 participants in the study 800 developed diabetes.  Those with high levels of periodontal disease were twice likely to develop diabetes.

Strokes

June 2006--University of California scientists friend that gum diseases may contribute to clogged carotid arteries leading to an increased risk of a stroke.

Premature Births

December 2008--researchers in Finland question 328 women on oral health and pregnancy. Those who needed urgent dental treatment suggesting poor oral health, were 2.5 times more likely to miscarry.