Lower Anterior Adult Braces

Mr A. presented complaining of his lower anterior teeth being misaligned. The LL2 was buccally placed and due to it’s position had caused previous trauma to the lower lip. He also complained that his lower anterior teeth were rotated as shown below.   Treatment was provided in the form of lower fixed short term orthodontics …

Simple Composite Makes a Huge Difference

A simple composite restoration placed in the upper central incisor transforms a patients confidence in an instant.

Hereford Tooth Decay Worse in The West Midlands

Dental decay amongst five year old children is more prevalent in Herefordshire than any other county in the West Midlands. The Dental public Health Epidemiology Programme for England published in May 2016, show that 41.3% of five year old children in Herefordshire have had experience of or currently have dental decay. Compare that to our closest neighbours Worcester (27.3%) or Malvern Hills (17.7%) Shropshire (21.5%) then it is clear that Herefordshire is failing in the dental health of it’s children.

Dental Abscess – Don’t Risk Your Life

This is just an experience that I would like to share. Whilst I was working for an emergency dental service over a weekend, a patient attended with a “swelling.” Little did he know but this swelling was extremely dangerous and required urgent attention! The patient was not registered with a dentist, he had a fractured …

Dentistry and Diabetes – Andrew Farr Dentist

It is Diabetes Week from the 12th – 18th of June but what effect does it have for the dental team?

Eucalyptus Oil instead of Fluoride Toothpaste!

At Broad Street Dental Surgery we pride ourselves on prevention, oral hygiene, diet advise and fluoride advise. Today was just like a normal day at the surgery until the very last patient of the day was half way out the door, then just out of the blue did the old Columbo “Just one more thing Mr Farr” Mrs S. …

Adult Orthodontics

Mrs A. 32years old presented complaining of anterior crowding and really wanted to correct and align the upper central incisors. Mrs A. had an Anterior open bite, excellent oral hygiene with no evidence of periodontal disease, caries or other pathology. She was happy to proceed with an upper fixed appliance only as she did not want …