Westside Dentistry Blog

What You Need to Know About Mouth Guards

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Everyone knows how much Australians love contact sports, but they may be placing their oral health at risk by wearing ill fitting mouthguards. Mouthguards are critical athletic equipment designed to protect the teeth and mouth in the event of impact. Some research even suggests that a properly fitted custom mouthguard may even reduce the risk […]

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How Gum Disease May be Harming Your Health

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Health Risks of Neglecting Your Teeth In a study published in Oral Diseases, researchers discovered the people who were obese were six times more likely to have infected gums. The connection between obesity and gum disease is not yet clear, but it may have something to do with inflammation. Obese people tend to have higher […]

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Using Your End of Year Dental Benefits

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Use it or lose it Many people pay a lot for dental insurance. Most policies are set up so that benefits expire at the end of the year. If you have dental insurance and are not using all of your benefits, you might as well be throwing your money away. What does your plan cover? […]

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The Dangers of Snoring

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Approximately 20% of adults snore, a number that rises to about 60% when talking about men over the age of 40. With so many affected, it’s easy to think of snoring as simply an annoyance for anyone sleeping in the same room. For many snorers, this is the case. For others, snoring is linked to […]

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Getting Help for Sleep Apnoea

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Snoring is annoying but relatively harmless, right? For many, it is, but for some, snoring is a symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea, a dangerous and potentially life-threatening condition in which the sleeper briefly stops breathing. What is sleep apnoea? Sleep apnoea affects approximately one in every five adults, and is more common in men than […]

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Teeth Whitening for a Whiter, Brighter Smile

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Your smile is one of the first things people notice about you.  Unfortunately, our teeth rarely stay as white as we’d like them to be due to tea and coffee, red wine and a lot of the foods we enjoy eating! For some people, the teeth are just naturally yellower. When done with proper professional […]

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The Wand – A Pain Free Solution to Dental Fears

When you ask someone what their biggest fear about going to the dentist is, the typical answer is that they don’t like the pain.  For some patients, pain is non-existent because they have regular routine appointments that don’t require procedures done or any kind of surgery.  Unfortunately, this is not the case for other patients. […]

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How to Find the Best Dentures Brisbane Has to Offer

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According to the University of Adelaide, and the Australian Government Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 21% of Australians 65 and over don’t have their natural teeth.  Even amongst those with their own teeth, almost half of them use a denture as well. (1) Their dentures not only allow them to eat, they also play […]

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