Can Having Bad Oral Health Affect An Entire Country? If it does, it sure makes ignoring and neglecting our oral health sound selfish. Although pretty much everything we do is selfish: we’re Homo sapiens. We’ve made an entire world for ourselves that way. In our...
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Next Generation Biohybrid Tooth Implants
The idea of merging man with machine was just a fictional concept in 1872 when English novelist Samuel Butler anonymously published Erewhon. It was the first literary exploration of the dangerous ideas of conscious machines, and their ability to self-replicate. It...
Swollen Gums: What Lies Beneath The Inflammation?
More than 80% of chronic disease starts in the mouth. Curiously - according to the American Psychological Association - 80% of Americans have suffered the physical and emotional symptoms of stress in the last year. And that’s an accurate reflection of global stress...
Straightening Out Dental Specialists: Who’s Who in the Oral Zoo?
If you can name more than three dental specialist professions, you’re doing well. Once upon a time there was just a ‘toothpuller’, who also happened to be a barber. And also a surgeon. Mostly it was someone who was fine with blood, gore and screaming. And that was...
Mercury: Great as a Planet, Lousy as a Leaky Amalgam Filling
Great as a planet, Mercury is pretty lousy as a leaky amalgam filling. It’s crucial to avoid mercury fillings in the future & have them safely removed by a dentist certified in the Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART)…
What Is the Cost of Orthodontic Treatment
This is one of the most common questions we had asked, how much will it cost to straighten my teeth. Unfortunately the answer is that it depends, however I will try to give some guidelines to give people an idea of how much orthodontic treatment costs. At Plaza Dental...
What Is the Cost of Dental Implant ?
Dental implants are the current state-of-the-art for replacing a missing tooth or missing teeth. They have the advantage that they do not rely on your gums or any of your other teeth for support. Instead, they are anchored in your bone like a natural tooth and are...
What Is the Cost of Dental Crown ?
Dental crowns are often recommended for people who have one or more of the following issues with a tooth.Heavily filledCracks in the toothBack tooth which has had a root canalBadly discolouredBrokenSevere WearCrowns are made outside of the mouth and then cemented or...
What Is All-on-4?
We are often asked what the All-on-4 treatment involves, and whether or not people might be suitable. In this blog, we are going to look at All-on-4, how it works, who it is for and what you need to do to look after it in the long-term.What is All-on-4 and how does it...
What Happens to Untreated Wisdom Tooth?
There is one of three things that tend to happen with wisdom teeth.Firstly, they come all the way through, so you can get to them well and keep everything clean. They work just like any other tooth in your mouth.Secondly, they remain completely submerged underneath...