How to look after your brace during Covid-19
Whilst you are unable to visit your dental practice, there is a lot you can do to help yourself until your next appointment. These fall under two headings, looking after your brace and maintaining excellent oral hygiene.Looking after your braceAt the moment, it is not...Braces and Covid-19
The last few weeks have seen some significant changes in the provision of dental services across the UK. If you are currently in treatment, you would have been contacted by your practice to advise you to stay away and to follow advice about looking after your brace...
Safe Brace
The British Orthodontic Society and the Oral Health Foundation have teamed up to create a new patient website ‘SafeBrace’ to provide information and advice to patients thinking about getting their teeth straightened. The website contains plenty of...GDC – Providing Dental Care Remotely
General Dental Council – Providing Dental Care Remotely The GDC have issued a statement in relation to direct to consumer orthodontics. This has been a controversial topic for a while and I suspect many patients may not fully understand the risks of undertaking...
A coffee with Iain Hoeltschi
Please introduce yourself Hello, I’m Iain Hoeltschi, specialist orthodontist and owner of Splash Orthodontics in Brighton & Hove. How would you describe the patient experience at Splash Orthodontics? We’re a small friendly team, and we want our patients to feel...
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