One of the first questions is “Am I a good candidate for 6 Month Smiles?”
Most people ARE. But there are some exceptions. Depending on goals and expectations, ask yourself:
If any of these situations apply, then 6 Month Smiles is likely NOT appropriate.
What exactly are 6 Month Smiles? This video explains!
The type of food you eat can really influence your healthy smile exactly like flossing and brushing! Actually, each time you consume processed sugars or starches, you are helping the bacteria in your mouth to form more and more acids which cause all types of tooth caries, gingival and periodontal problems. Some foods and drinks can naturally fight caries, prevent plaque accumulation, make your enamel stronger, and give you a fresh breath.
Don’t miss these ten:
1. Celery
Chewing raw celery can protect your teeth in many ways; it will stimulate more salivary flow thus washing harmful bacteria, besides, celery is a natural abrasive food which can cause massaging of your gingiva and removing of the accumulated foods between your teeth.
2. Green tea
Green tea contains very potent antioxidants called catechins; these substances are proved to kill oral bacteria which can convert sugar to plaque. Catechins can also eliminate the bacteria which causes halitosis. Try to drink two to five cups of green tea (decaffeinated) regularly.
3. Kiwis
Kiwis are very rich in vitamin C; actually, a big kiwi can provide you with more than your daily recommended dose of vitamin C by 100%. Well, vitamin C is very important for the integrity of the collagen fibers in your gingiva, if this collagen network is impaired, the bacteria can easily attack and invade your gingiva, causing you inflamed and bleeding gums.
4. Parsley
If you chew parsley or mint after a pungent meal, you will maintain a fresh breath for a long time. As such herbs are rich in volatile substances called monoterpenes which travel quickly through your blood to reach your lungs, and their nice smell will be released in your breath.
5. Shiitake Mushrooms
A recent study has suggested that shiitake mushroom contains a special type of sugar known as lentinan; this sugar can prevent oral bacteria from forming dental plaque.
6. Wasabi
Substance which causes Wasabi or Japanese horse-radish to be very hot is called isothiocyanates. In 2000, scientists have proved that isothiocyanates inhibits the growth of bacteria causing tooth decay. Believe it; eating wasabi few times weekly can protect your teeth from dental caries.
7. Water
It is recommended to drink eight glasses of pure water daily, actually, this is the best way to keep your gingiva hydrated and maintain a good salivary flow. Saliva is your best natural defense mechanism against harmful bacteria that causes dental caries and oral plaque. Furthermore, if it is difficult to brush your teeth after each meal, make sure you rinse your mouth with pure water, as water can wash excess food debris from your mouth and deprive harmful oral bacteria from their major source of nutrition.
8. Cranberries
Scientists have discovered that the humble cranberry harbors several anti-oxidants (flavonoids) that show the ability to counteract the damaging effects of the bacterium Streptococcus mutans, which causes dental caries (tooth decay).
9. Wine
According to a new study, a cocktail of compounds found in both red and white wine fights germs that can causedental plaque as well as sore throats.
10. Coffee
Coffee made from fresh roasted coffee beans has antibacterial activities against certain microorganisms, including Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), a major cause of dental caries.
For more information contact Dr Lance Timmerman DMD at 206-241-5533
Dr. Lance Timmerman DMD biedt niet langer instap bleken van tanden. Aangezien de meeste patiënten uiten matige tevredenheid of zijn gewoon teleurgesteld over de resultaten van de meeste tanden bleken methoden, hij biedt alleen Deep Bleken of porseleinen veneers. Voor zijn patiënten in België, wil hij niet om hun tijd te verspillen.
Diepe Bleken is een proces dat 2 kantoorruimte behandelingen en unieke mee naar huis nemen trays omvat. De meeste andere methoden gebruiken dun trays en lage kwaliteit gels die resulteren in onvoorspelbare kleur verandert.
Porseleinen veneers altijd resulteren in witte tanden, omdat het lab kan de exacte gewenste schaduw te creëren. De investering voor deze is beduidend meer dan een bleekproces, maar de resultaten zijn permanent. Op maat gemaakte fineer zijn beter dan in massa geproduceerde template fineerhout in dat ze kunnen er natuurlijk uitzien. Goedkope fineer lijken vaak slechts een kleur en staan zo nep.
Als u meer wilt weten, contact opnemen met Dr. Timmerman op info@DrTimmerman.com vandaag!
Dr Lance Timmerman is often asked “What is best for my tooth? Is it worth saving?” The truth is, “worth” is an opinion, but many times, an extraction IS best.
Speaking merely economically, the fee to retreat (or even to treat for the first time) a root canal can be significant. Hollowing out a tooth for a root canal weakens the tooth, reguiring a build-up and full coverage crown. The result may be fantastic, but how long will it last?
The alternative is to extract and place an implant. This can be done with very little discomfort and last for a very long time. Dental implants are among the longest lasting procedures in dentistry today!
Quite often, a tooth can be extracted, an implant and a temporary crown placed all at the same appointment!
Call Dr Timmerman at 206-241-5533 to learn more!
Quite often, the costs for dental care are beyond what a person has “saved for a rainy day”. Instead of simply writing a check, payment plans are needed.
Dental offices acting like a bank are less common than in the past. Most well run dental offices operate like any other business, and let the professional lenders lend the money. This allows the dental office the ability to simply focus on the patient’s health and not their pocketbook!
Dr Timmerman works with several lenders, so if one declines, another may accept. Call 206-241-5533 to learn how we can fit ANY dental care into ANY budget!
Tukwila Dentist Dr Lance Timmerman DMD is a general dentist. While he is known worldwide for his skills in cosmetic dentistry, most of his time is spent doing regular general dentistry.
From composite white fillings to extractions, from dental implant placement to dental implant restorations, Dr Timmerman can help.
If you are looking for a dentist for ALL of your needs, Dr Lance Timmerman is worth a call at 206-241-5533 TODAY!
The dental clinic in Tukwila managed by Dr Lance Timmerman DMD is focused on patient comfort. The general dental practice, while skilled in cosmetic dentistry and dental implants, is primarily a family dental office.
Conveniently located in Tukwila behind the Family Fun Center and adjacent to the Starfire Soccer Complex, the office is very easy to get to. Immediately after exiting the Interstate 405 offramp on exit 1, the parking lot for the building is across the street.
If you would like a dental office that is so easy to get to that you can take care of your dental work during a lunch break and not miss work time, call 206-241-5533!
Dr Lance Timmerman DMD recently visited New Orleans, Louisiana to accept his fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. This is a proud moment, as it demonstrates his dedication to education and delivering the best in dental care for his patients.
If dental implants are something that you feel you need, call 206-241-5533 to learn more.
This may become a permanent link on the site, but this article should be well understood. Dr Timmerman often sees people that have sought to save money by leaving the country, only to have work done that had unnecessary risks involved. Poor sterilization, inferior skills and simply poor results are not uncommon.
By Tariq Idris
Last updated at 12:39 AM on 6th June 2010
My first patient of the day was a middle- aged woman whose face was totally misshapen. She had been on holiday to India to have dental implants. The procedure had gone wrong but her fears had been dismissed despite the pain.
On her return, she had been admitted to Manchester’s Royal Infirmary where doctors confirmed she was suffering from a blood infection.
Her implants had to be removed, as did some of the jaw bone, and she was warned that should she ever want implants again she would need a bone graft.
The poor woman could not face any more expensive procedures and I had to fit her with false teeth.
Her story is a stark warning of the dangers that patients face when they travel abroad for what they believe is a bargain.
Unfortunately she is not the first such case I have seen - nor is she likely to be the last. That is why I want to warn patients about the risks involved. Weigh up everything before undergoing treatment abroad.
I invite anyone planning to go abroad for expensive treatments such as implants, crowns or veneers to get a second opinion from me.
I have worked in the industry for 15 years and my patients have included former Hollyoaks actress Davinia Taylor, singer Charlotte Church and England footballer Steven Gerrard.
I am happy to assess whether patients’ treatment plans are correct and whether they could save money by staying in this country. They can even scan in X-rays and send reports online.
But why the sudden desire to go abroad? Let me explain.
Since the new contract for NHS dentists was introduced in 2006, people are finding it harder to locate an NHS dentist: only 26.9 million people - about half the population - saw a dentist in the two years following the reforms, a drop of 1.2 million from the two previous years.
Dentists are no longer paid different fees for each treatment. They get lump sums instead, meaning they find it less cost-effective to carry out difficult, time-consuming procedures.
Recent statistics have revealed that the number of treatments such as crowns, bridges and dentures has plummeted by 57 per cent since the system was introduced.
Meanwhile, the number of patients having teeth extracted in hospital has risen by a third from 135,000 in 2003/4 to 175,000 between 2007/8.
How awful is that in 21st Century Britain? There is also a rise in the number having implants - artificial titanium tooth roots - inserted into the gums to support crowns, bridges and dentures.
There has been a culture shift away from dentures. People are keen to look and feel younger and more attractive. Even 20 years ago, a pensioner might have accepted that they would end up wearing dentures; nowadays that’s something most try to resist.
However, implants are expensive. We have 28 teeth, excluding wisdoms, and costs can vary from £2,000 to £2,500 a tooth. I have seen treatment plans in this country approaching £100,000.
But that is because about half of all patients wanting implants need bone augmentation. In the most severe cases, bone is removed from the hip and implanted in the jaw.
And that is why many people go abroad. They do not want dentures and fear the costs in this country will be prohibitive. Yet often the service abroad is no cheaper.
Foreign clinics may market an implant in basic terms as costing about £400 to £500. But that is not the whole picture.
Firstly, that price does not include the tooth or any bone graft - just the screw.
Secondly, patients often do not actually need the number of implants or the grafting for which they have been quoted. Thanks to modern science and research, we now know that you do not need 14 implants to replace a top jaw - but a smaller number of pegs with a bridge between them.
You might need only six implants to support a whole jaw and sometimes you can get away with as few as four.
People may be persuaded to have teeth extracted unnecessarily and more implants than they need, both of which push up the cost. They are often told they need bone grafting when they may not necessarily.
A handful of patients I have already given a second opinion to have said: ‘Wow. I don’t need a bone graft? Forget the money. This is saving me from going through a pretty horrendous operation.’
The Hollywood smile is a combination of veneers, crowns and bridges, for which you can pay anywhere between £8,000 and £20,000.
But often the treatments recommended abroad are not appropriate, for example if the patient has a gum problem. Dentists here would not advise veneers or crowns until that was fixed. Otherwise the patient would end up with more problems and could even lose all their teeth.
There is also a potentially serious problem if the veneer is not fitted properly - it will not look good and could trap plaque and cause gum inflammation. And if the tooth is not drilled correctly there is a real risk of damaging the nerve.
Then you have the costs of booking a flight, taking time off work and dealing with any problems on your return.
The key thing to remember is that whether you plump for Eastern Europe or Asia, you are not covered by British regulations.
Here we have a system where you can go back to your dentist, which is regulated by a governing body, or complain to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
And, ironically, about half the patients I have seen who have had procedures abroad would have paid the same, or even less, in the UK.
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