We know that you take good care of your teeth and that you want to preserve your beautiful smile. Because we want to help you accomplish that goal, we have prepared a series of educational pages that will address specific areas of dental care and technology to help you become even better informed.

Should the information on these pages raise questions, please feel free to contact us. Our friendly and highly qualified team is committed to patient education and to providing you with the highest quality of care.

We are proud of the role that we play in helping you to optimise your oral health and we enjoy helping you preserve your smile. The highest compliment that we receive is the referral of family and friends by a respected patient. We appreciate your expression of confidence!

General Dental Needs

Of course, your every day dental needs and requirements are catered for too. From routine preventive dental procedures, including teeth cleaning, periodontal gum care, children's dentistry and fissure sealants, tooth coloured fillings, root canal treatment, sports mouthguards, tooth whitening, minor orthodontics and bonding, to advanced cosmetic procedures, porcelain laminate veneers, crowns and bridgework, and complete "smile lifts" and "smile makeovers", our office provides a comprehensive array of treatment procedures and options.

Our Hygienists

The collaborative efforts of our highly experienced hygienist and treatment co-ordinators are an integral part of the Simply Beautiful Smiles preventive care philosophy.

Providing many treatment procedures and advice to help you achieve and maintain complete oral health, our hygienist, through root planning and scaling will remove plaque and calculus (sometimes referred to as tartar), from your tooth surface and below your gum-line, as this can lead to gingivitis and gum disease. They can also advise you on the most effective brushing and flossing techniques and provide other preventive dental care treatments.

In addition to cleaning, our hygienist will examine your teeth and gums for the presence of diseases and other abnormalities such as lesions that may indicate mouth cancer. They take dental x-rays and apply cavity-preventive agents such as fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. Our hygienist will often work simultaneously with Dr Wells during many treatment procedures.

The relationship between diet and oral health is an area where our hygienist can provide expert advice on the importance of a well-balanced diet and the effect a high sugar and starch diet will have on your oral health.

Our hygienist will tailor an oral care programme to suit your individual needs and schedule appointments for cleaning, polishing and oral health checks every three, six or twelve months depending on your personal requirements. This will enable the hygienist to monitor your oral health and detect any irregularities before they develop and notify Dr Wells who can then recommend the most appropriate treatment option.