Have your teeth got that furry feeling?
What causes furry teeth? Dirty teeth! If you don’t regularly clean your teeth, a bacterial film grows across the surface of your teeth. In dentistry, we call this film plaque, and it ... Read more
Straight teeth without surgery
Not all patients need surgery to correct their orthodontic problem. There may be other options. If you’ve decided to have orthodontic treatment, you’ll know what an important step you’re taking towards improving ... Read more
Australia fails its oral health check-up.
To coincide with World Oral Health Day on the 20th March, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) and Australian Health Policy Collaboration (AHPC) at Victoria University released a world first – a national ... Read more
Diabetes and oral health
Diabetes is a disease that results in too much glucose in the blood because the body either does not produce a hormone which is used to regulate the amount of glucose in ... Read more
Think Oral Cancer Can’t Happen To You? Think Again.
You may already have taken advantage of an oral cancer exam with our VELscope system, which quickly and painlessly screens for oral cancer in minutes. The following story from a patient of ours will make you ... Read more
Diagnodent finds hidden cavities
Many of our readers may already be familiar with the new Diagnodent tool in our rooms. It has become a part of every check-up as a means of detecting future dental concerns. ... Read more
Do you treat your car better than your teeth?
If you were given one car to drive, for the rest of your life… What would it be? How would you treat it? Would you service it regularly? Check the oil? Always give ... Read more
Keeping a check on oral health
After years of fluoridation being effective at managing decay, the change in our diets and lifestyles is causing this new increase. But how does it all start? Let’s look at the history ... Read more
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Dental erosion
Dental erosion is the loss of tooth structure as a result of exposure to acids. Enamel, which is the hardest material in the body, is the protective cover on teeth that protects ... Read more
Oral cancer exam
At FirstBite Dental we have responded to the needs of our patients, by investing in a state-of-the-art VELscope© system which will help to detect oral cancer early, providing you with the highest ... Read more