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Mouth Cancer - what increases my risks of Mouth Cancer?

Image Credit: By Bionerd - Own work, CC BY 3.0, LinkFollowing from our last blog, Mouth Cancer Action Month - What is Mouth Cancer and how do I spot it?, written in response to mouth cancer awareness month, this blog will look at lifestyle choices an...

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Mouth Cancer Action Month - What is Mouth Cancer and how can I spot it?

Mouth Cancer is arguably less discussed than Lung cancer, Breast cancer and some of the more ‘well known’ cancers. The aim of the November Mouth Cancer Action Month campaign is to raise awareness and provide people with information on how to monitor ...

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Halloween Dental Child Zombie Shocker

Can you think of an alternative to the basket of enamel attackers? Tooth Decay: The Real Monster of Halloween Nights! It’s Halloween on Monday and the clocks change tonight. The seasons are changing and autumn is doing its glorious thing. Newly dark,...

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Calais Jungle Kids and Misguided MP's

Somebody pointed out a story in the news today about the the problem of checking the ages of children, or people claiming to be children, before being allowed into the UK from the Calais jungle. Check out the story here.Given that its estimated that ...

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Mouth Cancer - a new hope?

  In my 28 years practicing as a dentist I have spotted four cases of mouth cancer whilst examining a patient. Each patient was immediately referred to the local hospital for treatment, and of those four, one survived the disease (to the be...

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Are fixed or removable retainers better?

One of the top reasons that we hear from patients who want braces is that they have had relapse.That is, they've had their teeth straightened in the past, but for whatever reason their teeth are now no longer straight.They've either lost their retain...

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Mouth Cancer in the UK: Are You Mouth Aware? Part one ...

We are supporting Mouthcancer.org's awareness campaign in November, and as the month progresses you can find out everything that you need to know about cancer of the mouth; a disease that has affected 6767 people in the UK over the last 12 months.At ...

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Would you like a FREE Braces Consultation?

We don't do this very often, so take a moment to have a read.We've seen a massive surge in people in Cumbria asking to have straighter teeth. They don't want to travel and they want to have treatment locally.They like the idea of a drill - free solut...

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Peace and calm at the dentist - with music

 Relaxing music in operating theatres helps patients (and surgeons) to relax. A study in the British Medical Journal has shown that it's a brilliant stress buster. There is a great little article here about this significant technique in today's ...

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Letting go of your fear : Dental sedation in Carlisle

Are you one of the millions of people in the UK - scared of dentist chairs: who put off coming to the dentist because you simply can't bring yourself to do so? If you are, we'd like to meet you. Better still, we might be able to help you to let go of...

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Carpe Diem

Please forgive the indulgence, but it's my birthday, and you're only 50 once...Not a lot of people know this, but not only are the team at York Place Dental a wonderful bunch of professionals and jolly nice people, but pretty much all of them are bri...

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Welcome back Michelle

We're delighted to say a Big "Welcome Back" to Michelle Delucchi today. If you are a regular at York Place Dental, you'll know that Michelle recently took a maternity break. Well, she's back today and rejoins our full time hygiene team on Mondays.Qui...

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Gums, Diabetes and the Romans

At YPD we're passionate about dental health and preventive dental care. One of the key areas that we can help with is your gum health. Something like 15% of the UK population (about 9 million of us) stand a significant chance of losing teeth through ...

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Orthodontics Open day

Forgive the blatant advertising, but we don't do this very often and we want you to know first....Would you like a free consultation about cosmetic braces and tooth straightening?Would you like to find out about cosmetic braces, damon braces, lingual...

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Introducing our new dentist

I'm delighted to introduce our newest team member, Miss Daniela Vargas, BDS. Daniela joined the team at York Place dental today and we've had a ball.Daniela VargasThose of you who know us well will be aware that I've been pushing myself hard over the...

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