COFFEE WITH OUR DENTIST DR BRETT LEFKOWITZ
Lets start with the easy question. What is the meaning of life? For me personally , it is to try and make the absolute most of every single day . To make everyone I come into contact with a little…
World Osteoporosis Day – October 20th
Osteoporosis is a health condition that greatly affects the bones, since the disease weakens them and makes them capable of breaking easily. Aside from negatively hampering overall health and well being, osteoporosis also has a direct relationship on oral and…
World Arthritis Day
Today is World Arthritis Day. You may think this is a strange thing to highlight on a dental practice page however arthritis affects your dental health. It can affect your jaw joints which can affect your ability to chew. As…
Beware the ‘Healthy’ fruit snacks
Many supposedly “healthy” fruit snacks aimed at children contain more sugar than sweets, says a campaign group. Action on Sugar looked at 94 products on UK sale, such as coated dried fruit, and found a third contained three or four…
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HAVING A DENTAL CHECK-UP?
Please don’t be – we are not here to pass judgement on you or your teeth. We are simply here to help you on your way to better oral health. We love coming to work, but do realise it’s not…
Children’s Oral Health Report published
The Children’s Dental Health Survey 2013 has recently been published. Since the last survey was carried out in 2003, there has been a reduction in the percentage of 12-15 year olds with obvious decay in their adult teeth. Good news?…
Children’s drinks warning
A new survey by Action on Sugar, on the hidden sugars found in ‘healthy’ children’s fruit juices, juice drinks & smoothies, found that over a quarter of the products surveyed contain the same amount or more sugars than Coca Cola…
New Year ‘Pop’ Tax
Whatever unknowns 2015 will bring, one significant change is certain. The citizens of Berkeley, California have overwhelmingly approved the US’s first ‘sugar’ tax which came into effect on the 1st of January, and raises the cost of fizzy and energy…
Annual diabetes conference
We are still actively trying to get our message out to the local community with regards to the links with oral health and your general health. One of our dentists, Judith Deeprose, took part in the recent annual diabetes conference…
What can you do in two minutes?
Click on the link below and take a look at this short video launched by the charity ‘Heart Your Smile’. I thought this was too good not to share. What can you do in two minutes?
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