Following on from consequence #2, “Causes you Frustration”, in our series of 9 Consequences Of Not Seeing A Hygienist, here is #3:

Causes you Pain

A tooth rarely spontaneously starts to hurt, there are almost always early signs or symptoms that would have been picked up at a hygiene visit. Most teeth are lost due to gum disease and loss of the tooth is often painful either through an abscess around the tooth or as it loosens and moves in the gum.

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Following on from consequence #1, “Costs Patients more money”, in our series of 9 Consequences Of Not Seeing A Hygienist, here is #2:

Causes you Frustration

Dental emergencies like when a tooth fractures or an abscess develops would often have been spotted at a hygienist visit and could have been taken care of at a convenient time. These dental emergencies always seem to happen at weekends, the day before a wedding or while on holiday!

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Say hello to Denise Foley, her role on the The Denture & Implant Clinic’s team is Clinical Nurse/ Treatment coordinator

About Denise

I first started working for Dr Stewart in 2003 as a receptionist.  After a year I became a general dental assistant working with Dr Shafique.  I did my nursing exam and qualified as dental nurse in 2007.

I started nursing at the denture in 2008 where I have worked my way through all departments here at the Denture and Implant clinic, from general nursing, nursing for the lab technicians, implant nursing, through to clinical nurse, where I taken dental impressions and take secondary impression .  October 2010 I studied at Kings college Hospital London  on an extended duty course for impression taking.  I enjoy going on courses and keeping up to date with new treatments in the dentistry world.  My hobby is getting all my family round and cooking for them.

Gum disease afflicts some 80 to 90% of our adult population. The vast majority experience NO symptoms, and thus suffer the consequences of a silent insidious demise of not only their gums, but underlying bone, and often-times their overall systemic health.

The problem with gum disease is that it is a silent killer. It is often not visible and is often painless. The first sign of gum disease can be a loose tooth by which time it is too late, so the key to prevention is catching it in early stages and stopping it progressing.

As gum disease progresses there is irreversible jaw bone loss and because it is so hard for dentists to restore over reduced bone levels we really want to do all we can to stop this.

Finally, we have never seen gum disease heal itself. Gum disease progressively gets worse and like so many things the sooner you start working on stopping it, the better.

As you should be aware of the consequences of not seeing a hygienist, we have put together a warning list – here is no.1:

Costs Patients more money:

did you know the American dental system relies heavily on Dental Insurance and typically these insurers cover 100% of the fee for hygiene treatment? They only cover some of the cost for dental treatments like fillings and they only cover an even smaller amount of higher cost treatments like implants, crowns and root fillings. The reason they do this is because they know that seeing the hygienist regularly will save them money in the long-run. So if insurers know this, Patients need to know that in the long run they will save money by seeing a hygienist regularly.

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Say hello to Corinne Williams, her role on the The Denture & Implant Clinic’s team is Implant Co-ordinator.

About Corrine

Qualified at Kings Dental Institute in 1999 and gained my Hospital Dental Nurse certificate and National certificate for Dental Nurses.

I have experience working with phobic and nervous adults and children, special need and with the elderly, and have worked in all areas of dentistry , I have a particular interest in Oral surgery.

My role in the practice is to co-ordinate the surgical side of treatments, I provide support for all the team and I am at the end of the phone for any worries or queries our patients have prior to, or after treatment.

Outside of work I enjoy socialising with my family and friends.

Say hello to Lauren Humphreys, her role on the The Denture & Implant Clinic’s team is Receptionist.

About Lauren

Lauren joined the team in 2008 as a receptionist, she also has experience as a dental nurse. In her spare time she enjoys travelling and socialising with friends.