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 you? Would you like to see this being used by your dentist?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9506000/9506382.stm

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 joints
• Pain in and around your ear
• Difficulty eating
• Aching facial pain
• Locking of the jaw joints, making it difficult to open or close your mouth
• Headaches 
• Uncomfortable bite
• An uneven bite, because one or more teeth are making premature contact

And we are providing the appropriate treatment for it.

We're also finding that very few people have heard of it and many have been passed from pillar to post in the healthcare system and made no progress - so here's a link to a good summary from The Mayo Clinic. 

Hope it helps.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tmj-disorders/DS00355/DSECTION=symptoms

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 checking their texts?

How would you feel if that person you were talking to was your dentist?

Dental Care is a people job and most of us have two ears and a single mouth - and we should all try to use them in that ratio.

At York Place Dental we focus on allowing you, the patient, the time and space to get your message across....

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 experienced team and find out about dental care - with absolutely no obligation.

You’re welcome to see the facilities at York Place Dental, and over a coffee we’d be delighted to listen.

Perhaps you want to know about how we can help a nervous patient?

Maybe you have some cosmetic treatment in mind and want to know what is available?

Whatever your concern, we’ll do everything we can to help.

We look forward to getting to know you.