Tooth staining is a frustrating reality for many people, causing us to perfect the closed-lip smile to avoid showing off our teeth. While discolouration is common, there are ways to prevent and reverse it safely. Before staining affects your confidence, follow our tips so you can keep flashing your smile with ease. Want to talk…
OUR RENOVATION At our Queen street Te Puke practice we had redundant space due to the old configuration of a dark room for Xray development. Tooth Fairy Dental Queen Street had reached a stage where we needed an additional dental clinic room. The plan was to remove and reposition internal walls to 3 small rooms,…
MOUTHGUARD OPTIONS If you play social or professional contact sports, you have probably had more than your fair share of knocks. Have you thought about protecting your smile or does the range of mouthguard options confuse you? We are here to provide you with some useful options to ensure your smile is protected so you…
SIX MONTH BRACES OR FAST BRACES If you’ve been doing your due diligence ahead of making an appointment for yourself or your child to have an orthodontic assessment, you may have heard of ‘fast braces’. But by not seeing a dentist with full-term braces experience or a specialist orthodontist for your child’s orthodontic treatment, you…
Good oral hygiene prevents tooth decay, cavities, bad breath and tooth loss. Cleaning your teeth daily prevents cavity causing bacteria from progressing to gum disease and halitosis (bad breath). Regular check-ups and cleanings can prevent these problems as well as provide you with good oral hygiene. At Tooth Fairy Dental Mt Maunganui, Te Puke and…
Have you decided to get braces for yourself or your child, but are unsure whether to opt for the traditional metal and ceramic braces or go for the invisible solution with Invisalign? It can be a difficult decision with conflicting advocates and dentists on either side. Luckily, the dental experts at Tooth Fairy Dental in…
For adults, it can sometimes feel like we’ve missed the boat on braces. The dentists at Tooth Fairy Dental have met many people in Tauranga who would trade their left arm for straight teeth – yet they wouldn’t go as far as wearing traditional metal braces. If this rings true with you, you could be…
Just the idea of a trip to the dentist is enough to strike fear in the heart of many Tauranga locals – but it shouldn’t be this way! We see lots of people in Tauranga put off dental care until there is something that needs fixing – a filling, a crown, a chipped tooth or…
Dental health isn’t always straight forward. While we all know to brush our teeth and avoid too much sugar, there are several questions that people ask the dentists time and again at Tooth Fairy Dental. To clear the confusion, Tauranga’s Tooth Fairy Dental Clinic has listed 5 of our most common questions along with our…
There are a lot of forbidden foods when it comes to maintaining good oral health. If you’re sick of hearing “too much sugar, too acidic, coffee stains where is the calcium?” then you are not alone. The Tauranga dentists at Tooth Fairy Dental Clinic understand how frustrating it is to be told what not to…