Dental Hygiene and Disease Prevention

Our ultimate aim is for our patients from across Edinburgh, Fife and Lothians not to have dental disease. Maintaining our dental wellbeing is vital and hygiene examinations should form an essential part of our healthy living regime.

Our multi-award winning private practice provides long-term healthcare. We want to make our patients’ lives better, more comfortable and ensure their teeth last well into old age.

It’s important to emphasise that hygiene therapy may also reduce the risk of developing several serious medical conditions, especially as research links gum disease to arthritis, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, bacterial lung infections and problems with pregnancy.

A staggering 90 per cent of us suffer from gum disease at some point in our lives but with good dental care the risks can be easily controlled. Gum therapy not only treats existing disease but also prevents future disease.

Common symptoms of gum disease include:

• Bleeding gums • Loose teeth • Gum recession (longer teeth) • Bad tastes • Bad breath • Drifting teeth • Sensitive teeth

The expertise of our hygiene therapist, Laura is in promoting oral health and giving you the skills and the confidence to make a real difference to the health of your mouth. The care that she provides forms a central part of how Bite Dentistry aims to keep you healthy through our preventive approach.

We look forward to working with you to produce a comfortable and healthy mouth, which will significantly reduce your need for dental treatment in the long term.