On behalf of my team at Swords Orthodontics, and my colleagues, and myself, I sincerely wish a happy Christmas, and every happiness in the New Year, and many smiles ahead, to all our patients, past, present and future, and to their families and friends. Also to all the people we work with, other dentists, our suppliers and service providers.
All the best,
Stephen Murray
Halloween & your brace
Halloween is a fun & exciting time of year for many kids but having braces on can make it more challenging. While it may be tempting to eat lots of sweets, chocolate and chewy treats, some of these can damage your braces, such bending the wires and getting stuck between your teeth.
Hard, sticky and chewy sweets are especially tricky as they can break a bracket or cause a wire to poke out which results in a trip to your orthodontist.
Luckily, there are still plenty of Halloween treats you can still enjoy such as chocolate and crisps. Taking extra care …
Halloween is creeping up on us, and that means pumpkins, costumes, sweets and, of course, some spooktacular smiles!
So, it's Halloween soon, and I thought I would do a little blog about scary teeth.
I'm going to focus on teeth that have some kind of connection to real life, rather than total monster teeth, because monster teeth could cover any kind of stretch of the imagination, and since I love to ramble on about teeth we could be here all day. I mean, that monster in the Predator movies, I think it's the Yautja, or Hish-qu-Ten or some sort of name like that, has a very interesting kind of dental setup where the jaw moves sideways as well as up and down when …