How Tooth Loss Affects Your Health
How Tooth Loss Affects Your Health The side effects of tooth loss extend well beyond impacting your self-confidence. Missing teeth can trigger chain reactions that increase your risk of TMJ disorder, premature tooth wear, digestive issues, and more. Periodontal...
How To Maintain Good Oral Hygiene
Regular dental checkups and brushing twice a day are essential for good oral hygiene. Oral hygiene is associated with overall health. In addition to preventing cavities and gum disease, oral health has several facets. A person can prevent problems such as tooth...
Why Do People Snore? Answers for Better Health
From gentle snuffles to loud rasps and snorts, snoring is common. An estimated 45 percent of adults snore occasionally, while 25 percent snore regularly—often disturbing their bed partner’s slumber and possibly their own, too. You’re more likely to snore...
The importance of Dental Hygiene
We’re all busy people and making that dental hygienist appointment, especially if you’re not having any obvious dental problems can take a while. However, regular visits to the Dental Hygienist (recommended every six months) are a vital part of caring for...
Nutrition and Your Oral Health
The foods and drinks we consume to nourish our body and our eating habits generally influence our health and wellbeing. A good diet reduces the risk for tooth decay, and other health related issues such as coronary heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, certain...
Which Costs More: CPAP or Oral Appliance Therapy?
A recently presented abstract on obstructive sleep apnea therapies has results that may surprise you. By Lisa Rapaport Even as oral appliance therapy (OAT) gains traction among sleep specialists as a viable alternative to CPAP for patients with mild to moderate...
Dental Veneers
Veneers can instantly transform and restore your smile, giving you a confidence boost in all areas of your life.Perfect for improving the aesthetic appeal of your smile by fixing small cosmetic issues such as discoloration, gaps in the teeth, as well as slight cracks...
Dental Crowns: All you need to know about tooth crowns
Everyone wants the perfect smile. So it’s not surprising that cosmetic dental procedures have increased in popularity over recent years, as more people than ever before realise the many benefits that come hand in hand with restoring their smile.Dental crowns are a...
New Year, New Smile in 2022
New Year’s resolutions are all about goal setting. For most of us, New Year’s resolutions are about health, fitness, and diet. Basically, quitting all our “bad” habits and creating new “good” habits. However in 2022 you could focus on doing something that doesn’t...
Want to stop snoring? The Beacon Dental Clinic can help
SNORING ISN’T JUST AN INCONVENIENCE; IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO SOME SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS. FIND OUT HOW DENTAL CARE CAN HELP TO STOP YOUR SNORING With around 40% of adult men and 24% of adult women suffering from snoring, it’s generally considered a bigger problem than...
Snoring and Sleep
Snoring is estimated to affect 57% of men and 40% of women in the United States. It even occurs in up to 27% of children. These statistics demonstrate snoring is widespread, but its severity and health implications can vary. Snoring can be light, occasional, and...
How successful are Oral Devices in Managing Sleep Disordered Breathing and Sleep Apnoea?
At the Beacon Dental Clinic Dr Edward Owens, Board Certified in Dental Sleep Medicine, has been managing patients referred by Medical Consultants specialising in Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Disordered Breathing, and Ear Nose & Throat Surgeons, for over twenty...
How do you know if you have a cracked tooth?
Any part of a tooth can be cracked. The crack may be visible, though this is not always the case. If a person experiences pain when chewing food, or if teeth suddenly become sensitive to hot and cold, one tooth may be a cracked. Any pain associated with a cracked...
The importance of Dental Health during pregnancy
What is dental health and how does it affect pregnancy? Dental health (also called oral health) is the health of your mouth, teeth and gums. It’s an important part of your overall health. And if you’re pregnant, it’s an important part of your prenatal care (medical...
Dentists report surge in teeth grinding and cracking due to pandemic stress
Dentists are reporting a surge in teeth grinding and cracking in recent months linked to ongoing pandemic stress. The Irish Dental Association (IDA) said while there is a lack of hard data, conversations with patients relating to coronavirus anxiety and a rise in...
Gum disease linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes
Researchers at McGill University find a strong link between periodontitis, a common form of gum disease, and severe COVID-19 outcomes. Periodontitis produces an inflammatory response that may spread through the body — scientists have previously linked the condition to...
Ways pandemic-related stress is affecting dental health
The pandemic has disrupted so much of our normal lives. With all of the stress and new facts of daily living, our dental health is suffering. Common symptoms of COVID-19 as mentioned by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to look out for include, fever...
Prosthodontist Dublin
Prosthodontist Dublin We are proud to be a Dublin based leading specialist prosthodontist offering premium levels of dental care and service from our state-of-the-art Beacon Dental Clinic in Sandyford. WHAT IS PROSTHODONTICS? Prosthodontics is a specialty in dentistry...
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