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    Your Healthy Mouth Book 5
    Your Healthy Mouth Book 5
    Your Healthy Mouth Book 5
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    Your Healthy Mouth Book 5

    By Martin Ashley

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    A healthy mouth.

    No more bleeding gums. No more toothache. No more bad breath. No more worrying about dental treatment. A mouth you can enjoy and rely upon, at every stage of your life. Wouldn’t that be great? As one of the UK's leading dentists, Martin Ashley has successfully guided thousands of people on the pathway to a healthy mouth.

    In Your Healthy Mouth, he shares this knowledge with you.

    For twenty years, Martin has trained dentists and hygienists to help their own patients have a healthy mouth.
    Your Healthy Mouth is written for real people like you. Martin explains dental problems in a way that you can understand. There is advice for everyone, at every stage of life. Parents of young children, teenagers starting to look after their own mouths, adults looking for a dentist and then those of us who act as carers for friends and relatives.

    Your Healthy Mouth is conveniently separated into five books.
    In Book 5, Martin describes all the common dental treatments and warns of the hidden problems with cosmetic dentistry. he gives sensible advice about finding a good dentist and finally explains what it is like to be a dentist, helping people to have a healthy mouth.
    A healthy mouth for life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMartin Ashley
    Release dateSep 30, 2013
    ISBN9781301309023
    Your Healthy Mouth Book 5
    Author

    Martin Ashley

    Martin is a dentist in Manchester, UK.He works at the University Dental Hospital of Manchester as a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and at his specialist dental practice, in Altrincham, Cheshire.

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      Your Healthy Mouth Book 5 - Martin Ashley

      YOUR HEALTHY MOUTH

      DENTAL KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL THE FAMILY

      BOOK FIVE

      MARTIN ASHLEY

      Published by Martin Ashley at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Martin Ashley

      See the other works in this series at Smashwords.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the work of this author.

      * * * * * * *

      CONTENTS

      In Book 1

      Dentistry isn’t working for everyone and so you and I are going to do something about it.

      The mouth in your mirror

      Healthy mouth, healthy body

      Eat and drink well for a healthy mouth

      Your dirty mouth

      Do you have bleeding gums?

      From tiny holes to rotten teeth

      In Book 2

      Chapter 8 - Gumbrushes – the missing link

      Chapter 9 - Toothbrushes and toothpastes

      Chapter 10 - Interdental bottle brushes

      Chapter 11 - Dental floss and tape

      Chapter 12 - Mouthwash

      In Book 3

      Chapter 13 - Bad breath

      Chapter 14 - Mouth cancer

      Chapter 15 - Ouch! – I’ve got sensitive teeth

      Chapter 16 - Worn out and brushed away

      In Book 4

      Chapter 17 - It’s only teething…

      Chapter 18 - From drool to school

      Chapter 19 - A dental lifetime

      Chapter 20 - A healthy mouth for life

      Book 5

      Chapter 21 - Drilled, filled, capped and cleaned

      Chapter 22 - The hidden problems with cosmetic dentistry

      Chapter 23 - How on earth do I find a good dentist?

      Chapter 24 - Why do you like being a dentist?

      * * * * * * *

      CHAPTER 21

      DRILLED, FILLED, CAPPED AND CLEANED

      Mankind seemed to get on very well without an organised dental profession for a long time. However, historians have found evidence of dentistry being provided almost ten thousand years ago, so people have always seen a benefit in seeing someone else to sort out their dental problems.

      Pierre Fauchard was a French doctor, who lived about three hundred years ago. He wrote a book about dentistry that covered many of the areas we still learn about today, although our knowledge has moved on a fair bit since then! Fauchard has often been called ‘the father of modern dentistry’.

      Before this, dentistry usually involved pulling teeth out and for those who could afford it; the treatment was almost always done by a barber-surgeon, rather than a physician (who provided medical care for their patients). In England, King Henry VIII was involved in 1540, when he brought together barbers and surgeons and formed ‘The Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons’. The surgeons broke away from this in and formed the Company of Surgeons in 1745. On 22 March 1800, the surgeons were granted a charter by King George III, becoming The Royal College of Surgeons in London. In 1843, it expanded again to form the Royal College of Surgeons of England, which is still based in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. Two of my professional qualifications are from this College. There are similar Royal Colleges in Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Dentistry gradually developed until it was truly recognised as a profession, separate from Medicine and Surgery, in 1956.

      Most people could not afford to have much dental treatment and would only have their teeth pulled out when problems arose. It was only after 1948, with the creation of the National Health Service, that most people in the UK could go to see a dentist regularly and could afford to have treatment to repair and save their teeth.

      However, many people still didn’t go unless they had a problem and this situation is the same today. At the beginning of this book, I explained that almost half of the adults in the UK don’t have their own dentist. These millions of people (and you might be one of them), can still get access to dental treatment when you need it, although usually only choose to do so when they realize there is a problem, such as toothache or a broken tooth.

      These people unfortunately don’t receive all the really useful advice about preventing the dental problems. Mostly, gum disease and tooth decay happen slowly and painlessly, until they cause a problem. Just a little bit of prevention each day in your life would stop almost all gum disease and tooth decay from happening. Brushing your teeth correctly. Cleaning in between your teeth and along the gumline. Having regular check-ups so that problems can be found early, before they get too bad. Using fluoride toothpaste. Drinking a few more glasses of water each day. Eating healthy foods and not snacking on sweet foods in between meals. Stopping buying (and smoking!) cigarettes.

      For some of these small steps, you will need a dentist and I think teaching you how to look after yourself is the most important thing that a dentist can do for you. If you follow their advice (and mine), your regular check-ups will hardly ever lead to more treatment.

      In Chapters 6 and 7, there are lists of the mistakes we make that lead to us developing gum disease and tooth decay. You can and need to do most of the things on these lists yourself. It is your responsibility to look after your own mouth and the mouths of other people who you care for.

      The most common world-wide dental problem is gum disease

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