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Mouth Cancer Awareness : Reduce the Risk

Preventive Dental Care is what it says on the can.The dental team assess the risk of you developing dental diseases, and then work with you to keep you healthy. This could be tooth decay, it could be gum infection, it could be tooth wear. All disease...

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Mouth Cancer Awareness : Know the Signs

Each year in November dental practices throughout the UK try to raise public awareness of mouth cancer, and the time is with us once again to beat the drum.Cancer can occur in any part of the mouth, the tongue and lips, throat, salivary glands, and a...

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So - you want teeth for life then?

When I ask my patients if they want to keep their teeth for life, they'll usually smile and say yes. It's not that it's funny, it's just that most people assume that dental health is a given.Along with stuff like space flight, stem cell technology an...

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Do you feel like you are being ignored?

How many times have you been in a place where you've got a problem and you've gone for some advice?Lets imagine the scenario. You've plucked up the courage to do something about an issue, perhaps an embarrassing one, and booked an appointment.You arr...

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Its Your Choice

Great to welcome some new members to the Tribe at YPD today. Welcome!Dental Care is a people job and we love it. As you'd expect, today brought a complete mix of unique people (aren't we all?), all with their own story to tell. Some long stories, som...

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Unsung Heroes no.2: Your Dental Hygienist

Here's a guessing game with a massive clue in the title:Who, in the Dental Health TeamRenews their acquaintance with you on a regular basis.Puts you at ease, discusses your life, your kids, your holidays, what you've been doing since your last visit....

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Painless Injections - The Holy Grail?

An article on the Today Program prompted a lot of questions from our patients last week.No one likes pain, and Dr John Meechan of Newcastle University has come up with a novel idea. Click on the link below to hear what he had to say.Does it bother yo...

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I'm in pain - but its not toothache

Is it me or is there something in the water? This last couple of months we have found that there's been a run of people coming in to York Place with a problem called TMD - you might recognise some of the symptoms below:Pain or tenderness of your jaw ...

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Is the Message getting through?

Have you ever been in the situation where you're trying to explain something to someone you know, that is perhaps deeply personal or just plain difficult to put into words?But then you look up and the person you're talking to has glazed over or is ch...

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Free Assessments for New Patients

In the month of June we’ve introduced a new service for you – FREE New Patient Assessments. If you’re not quite ready to take the plunge and commit to join us with a full New Patient Consultation, here’s your chance to come and meet one of our experi...

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York Place Tips: Mouth Cancer

Around 4000 people in the UK ar ediagnosed with mouth cancer. In some cases

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York Place Tips: Keeping your smile bright #2

So you want to dazzle when you smile - who wouldn't?Lets look at the basics.

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York Place Tips: Keeping your smile bright #2

So you want to dazzle when you smile - who wouldn't?Lets look at the basics.

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