One of our main philosophies is to advocate preventative dentistry – avoiding future problems by keeping teeth and gums clean and maintaining that cleanliness for as long as possible. We do this by teaching people the correct ways to brush and floss, but we also have an in-house dedicated hygienist.
You should always clean your teeth thoroughly before visiting the dentist, but they will also give your teeth a scale and a polish during your check-up appointment. This will get rid of the worst buildups of plaque and tartar.
Our dental hygiene team includes Alex Middleton and Leanne Cooper, both are qualified dental hygiene therapists and have over 20 years experience between them.
They are highly skilled and will be more than happy to look after your smile and help keep your teeth and gums healthy.
The hygienist is a more comprehensive appointment that takes half an hour to an hour in addition to the dentist’s check-up. Using state of the art dental tools and technology the hygienist thoroughly cleans your teeth and gums resulting in a clean, fresh feeling.
If you have a brace or an orthodontic wire which can make parts of your mouth difficult to reach, or dental implant work (which can be particularly at risk of gum problems) visiting the hygienist can be doubly important and useful.
Keeping your teeth and gums clean helps prevent and treat gum disease, and visiting the hygienist every six months is an excellent way to stay on top of any potential oral problems. Even if you feel like you have a good level of oral hygiene there’s never any harm in visiting the hygienist to keep things ticking over.
The process is thorough but painless and a routine, recommended part of our work here at St Faiths. If there are more major concerns regarding your gum health, we have a specialist Periodontologist (dentist that specialises in gum disease) at the practice that can help.
If the thought of scaling still leaves you cold, we are also one of the very few practices in the UK that carry out hygiene work under sedation.
Leave the hygienist with a gleaming smile and the confidence to tackle the world head-on.
Many people dread hygiene visits.
Our Hygiene therapists are specially trained to provide treatment under inhalational sedation.
Fees are dependent on treatment requirements to be confirmed by consultation with one of our general dentists.
We are now obliged to carry out all NHS treatment on under 12’s using inhalation sedation only.
This limits the types of treatment that we may be able to carry out on NHS contract, and regrettably we cannot guarantee that we will be able to complete all of the treatment you have been referred for.
We remain compliant with National ‘IACSD’ sedation guidelines which allow us the clinical freedom to use -where necessary -alternative ‘advanced’ sedation techniques on a non- NHS (private) basis.
If it looks like treatment will not be successful under ‘basic’ sedation, the options will be to refer you onward to Community Dental Service or Hospital (where facilities allow) or back to your own dentist for the treatment to be attempted under local anasethetic, or to discuss re-referral on a private basis.
We wish to make clear that this situation is purely as a result of NHS commissioning and completely beyond our control, but assure you of our best efforts in continuing to provide high standards in NHS treatment where possible.
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