Calcium:

While many people assume they can get their daily dose of vitamin D from the sun, unfortunately, living in the UK doesn’t always make this a possibility. For this reason, it’s important to incorporate vitamin D into your diet to ensure your intake is sufficient. A vitamin D deficiency can have disastrous consequences for your oral health and could result in tooth decay and gum disease.
Good sources of vitamin D include egg yolks, red meat, oily fish and certain breakfast cereals. If you follow a plant-based diet, we recommend looking into supplementation to ensure you are getting enough nutrients.

Dentures are split into two categories: partial and complete. Complete dentures are the best choice for those missing an entire dental arch, while partial dentures can replace one or two individual teeth. Tooth loss is an incredibly unpleasant experience that can impact how you speak, eat and taste your food. It can also have a huge effect on your confidence levels. Here at Epsom Smiles, our team is passionate about making all our patients feel happy in their smiles, which is why we offer an extensive range of cosmetic and specialist treatments designed to restore your self-esteem.
There’s no feeling quite like knowing you have a happy, healthy smile. Dentures can give you a natural, glowing look that will have you feeling confident again in no time.

Most people have heard of having your teeth Whitening, and here at Epsom Smiles, we have introduced Teeth Whitening to our practice. This is a well-known procedure to lighten and enhance the colour of your teeth. It is used by people who have built up stains on their teeth over the years and want to bring them back to a more natural colour. Teeth Whitening is used to transform your smile completely. People living with yellow stained teeth may feel self-conscious, but having one of our Teeth Whitening procedures will help to transform your smile entirely and help to boost your confidence. 

Yellow stained teeth are very common amongst everyone, and there are many reasons why your teeth can become yellow. The first reason is if you are a smoker. Tobacco can significantly impact your teeth and cause them to become very yellow. Also, the foods you are eating, it is said that starchy foods can cause discoloration. If you are a big tea or coffee drinker, this can also cause your teeth to change colour. 

There are two types of Teeth Whitening we offer here at Epsom Smiles. They are Boutique Whitening and Airflow Cleaning. Boutique Whitening is a procedure you will do yourself at home. We will mould and make trays to fit your teeth and then supply chemicals you have to put into the trays and then wear them overnight. Over time this will enhance and whiten your teeth. The other method, Airflow Cleaning, is a procedure completed at the surgery. We will use a jet of compressed air, water, and bicarbonate particles, polishing the teeth gently and wiping away stains, creating a perfectly white smile. Both are effective ways of Teeth Whitening, and our dentists will go through these options for you to see which would work best. 

It’s important to make sure your case is definitely urgent before booking an emergency appointment, as we would never want to prioritise a less critical case over a desperate one. Before calling us, try out some home remedies to see if you can ease your pain until your regular appointment. Firstly, we would recommend saltwater solutions, which can be highly effective in removing bacteria from your mouth, acting as an antiseptic. Mix your solution by adding half a teaspoon of table salt to eight ounces of water. For best results, this should be swilled around the affected area two to three times per day.
If this fails to provide pain relief, try over the counter medication like ibuprofen, or apply a cold compress to your cheek to reduce swelling and inflammation.