Visits throughout childhood
For many children, regular visits to the dental practice for yearly or bi-yearly checkups are common. Ensuring the teeth are healthy from as young as 6 months old is a process that is encouraged as preventive dentistry can be used. This process helps prevent potential dental problems further down the line and reduce the possibility of overbites or crooked smiles. Alongside the benefits of improving your oral hygiene and overall development process, studies have highlighted the positive impact of visits to the dental practice throughout childhood and how they can drastically reduce fears and phobias from occurring.
Creating bad habits such as dropping appointments
Whilst our parents took charge of our dental care when we were younger, as we age and become adults, our care, in most cases, transfers into our own hands. The pressure of adult life combined with all the other important tasks to remember can mean that the odd checkup appointment with your dentist in Marylebone becomes nothing more than a memory and your attendance a thing of the past. Now whilst we would like to think the impact of this is small, in time, your oral hygiene can decline, and without any checkups being carried out, new oral health problems can arise.
Now we are not trying to scare you; a missed appointment does not mean that your teeth will immediately fall out or your smile disappears. However, having these regular appointments will help deter more invasive dental procedures further down the line and protect your oral health consistently each year.
Every 6 to 12 months, our team at Plowman & Partners can check on your brushing technique; brush too hard and you risk damaging your gums, brush too soft and you could be leaving plaque around the edges. We can help guide you on your choice of toothbrush based on your brushing technique; it may be that a sonic or electric toothbrush can help you with your daily clean more effectively than manually scrubbing away. Or perhaps your two-minute teeth clean twice a day is proving, as in most cases, to not be efficient enough on its own; therefore, guidance on technique as well as additional aspects to add to your clean, such as flossing, may be advised. A regular trip to our dentist in Marylebone uncovers more than you may think and helps prevent wasted time and money on more invasive procedures.
Taking charge and contacting our dentist in Marylebone
Whether you have missed one checkup appointment or ten, contacting us at Plowman & Partners does not need to be an unnerving experience. It may be that you drop into our clinic, give our reception team a call or drop us an email; no matter what method you prefer, our friendly team will assist and get your dental journey re-started.
From putting in special measures for our nervous patients, such as playing specific music or adjusting certain layouts of the room, to a warm welcome, our team at Plowman & Partners has you covered and is here to work with you on your dental journey.