We believe that knowledge is power when it comes to keeping your mouth healthy, so we wanted to give you an overview of the most common dental problems, so you can know the signs of something developing and visit your dentist, before the issue progresses and causes significant damage and pain. Below are the most common dental problems, with short explanations of what they are and the tell-tale symptoms, so you can catch them before they get too bad. Click
Tooth decay is the most common dental problem we all face and it’s a term you will hear your dentist use regularly, but do you know what it is and how to stop it? In this blog post, we will give you an overview of the problem and some tips for stopping tooth decay in its tracks. If you think that you’re suffering from tooth decay already, please come and visit our dentist in Marbella and get it checked out.
Wisdom teeth are a strange thing, being the last teeth to come through, normally in your late teens or early twenties, and serving very little purpose. They are the third and last molars on the upper and lower jaws. We developed them to deal with tough food like leaves, roots, nuts and meats, but with our modern diet, we no longer need them. Nature is phasing them out, so some people don’t have any and others have just one, two,
The vast majority of the work that we do is treating people who have come in with toothache or a serious problem which they can’t tolerate any more. These people are often wary of going to the dentist, scared or reluctant to spend money on dental check-ups unless they feel something is really wrong. By the time they come to the dentist, the problem is serious, they are usually in pain and the treatment involved is extensive. But there is
In our last post we explained about maxillofacial surgery – one of the things we commonly use this technique for is to treat severe malocclusions, otherwise known as overbites and underbites. Very simply, a malocclusion is when the top and bottom teeth do not meet correctly when the jaws close. This can be very mild and not require any treatment, or it can be pronounced and need orthodontic or surgical treatment to correct the problem. We often have people come and
At our Marbella Dentist, we pride ourselves in having a very complete team of dental specialists to ensure our patients can get the care they need, including Maxilofacial surgery. This discipline is a dental as well as surgical speciality and very useful to have as part of a dental clinic, as it can treat diseases, injuries and defects in the jaws and face which can cause problems with the bite and the appearance of teeth and the face. Sometimes when
