PMA Dental Care Blog
The latest news and top dental care advice from PMA Dental Care Gravesend Kent
Do You Suffer From Sensitive Teeth?
WITH THE COLDER WEATHER AT THIS TIME OF YEAR many people find themselves with sensitive teeth. If you dread sweet or acidic drinks, ice cream or even avoid hot tea or coffee you are not alone. What Causes Sensitive Teeth One in seven adults experiences tooth...
Christine: Head Dental Nurse
OUR LAST BLOG POST WAS ABOUT THE DUTIES A DENTAL NURSE has at your dental practice. In our latest blog post we catch up with a Christine Franks, our head dental nurse, to find out what dental nursing at PMA Dental Care, Gravesend means to her personally. Christine...
Day in the Life of a Dental Nurse
A GOOD DENTAL NURSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD PATIENT CARE and here at PMA Dental Care we pride ourselves on our team of highly trained and skilled dental nurses. Duties A dental nurse's responsibilities are complex and we thought you might like to know what their day...
Free Mouth Cancer Screening
ON FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER we will be holding a walk-in session for free mouth cancer screening. Visit Us Come along any time between 3.00pm and 5.00pm and one of our dental care professionals can offer you a free mouth cancer screening. Light refreshments will also be...
Cleaning Retainers & Invisalign Aligners
HERE AT PMA DENTAL CARE GRAVESEND KENT one question we get asked many times by patients with orthodontic retainers or Invisalign aligners is "How do I clean my retainer or aligner?" So here's our advice. Cleaning Retainers It is very important to clean your retainer...
Mouth Cancer Action Month 2013
NOVEMBER IS MOUTH CANCER ACTION MONTH and everyone at PMA Dental Care is helping to raise awareness of mouth cancer in Gravesend by organising free screening sessions. Dentist Dr Amira Mathews' mother had her mouth cancer diagnosed by her dentist so we are acutely...
Introducing the Inman Aligner
UNTIL NOW, THE ALTERNATIVES TO STRAIGHTEN FRONT TEETH involved either long and expensive orthodontic treatments or destructive and expensive restorative treatments such as veneers or crowns. Even ultrathin veneers involve reduction of natural teeth when used to align...
White Teeth and White Fillings
CHIPPED AND DISCOLOURED TEETH CAN BE EASILY REPAIRED OR IMPROVED with white fillings and tooth whitening. Here's an example with a recent patient at PMA Dental Care Gravesend Kent. Chipped Teeth A twenty year old young lady attended the practice wanting to do...
Become ‘Mayor’ of your dental practice
WHAT IS FOURSQUARE and why has your dentist, PMA Dental Care Gravesend Kent, joined it? You may or may not be familiar with one of the more recent crazes in social media - location-based social networking. The leaders in this phenomenon are Foursquare and Facebook...
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING is Macmillan Cancer Support's biggest fundraising event. PMA Dental Care are running two events for the charity. Coffee at the Dentist Friday 4th October saw the practice hold is coffee morning at the practice with cakes, biscuits...