Do you worry about getting sudden pain, due to teeth that you have failed to get treated? Do you dread the thought of having to undergo extensive dental treatment due to elevated costs and so avoid your dentist like the plague? 

Being familiar with dental insurance options either on a personal level or through your place of work may be very beneficial for your oral health. This enables you to plan out how you and your dentist at Artiste Studios - L'Orthodontiste can address any concerns you currently have about your teeth and tackle any existing dental issues such as pain or sensitivity, missing or cavity ridden teeth and help prevent any future issues from arising. Emergencies and trauma are also usually covered by most insurance plans and can come in handy when you least expect it.

Slowly winding down to an end, this month long campaign to raise awareness and improve the public’s oral health was led by the UK's leading independent oral health charity, the British Dental Health Foundation. As this year’s slogan promoted, the campaign strived to promote looking after your teeth and maintaining them for life.

The aim was not only to get the message across of a life long maintenance of your teeth but also stressed how a healthy diet can improve the quality of life in every way which links once again the idea of good oral health being hand in hand with overall wellbeing and body health.

With the world cup well on it’s way, the nation is watching as our boys play it up on the pitch decked out in their impeccable whites, exciting football boots and hopefully...a custom made mouth guard!

It is recommended by dental professionals that all athletes, playing any sort of sport that may pose a risk of injury on contact, wear a custom fitted mouth guard to protect their precious teeth and other neighbouring structures.

Wearing a proper mouth guard can protect athletes from broken jaws and teeth, cuts to the cheek and tongue and damage to the roots and bone that keep your teeth in place.

Footballers are particularly vulnerable to oral injuries when making a play on a ball whilst in the air. Contact with a powerfully-struck ball or the head, knee or elbow of an opponent can endanger the area that custom fitted mouth guards help protect.

• White dress
• White designer pumps
• White flower bouquet
• White gloves
• White bright smile for all your pictures... No? Now that could be a problem!

As the sun brings on the first signs of true spring and the thought of summer just around the corner excites us, we will have the tendency to flash our smiles a lot more this time of the year.

Additional amount of daylight may also help extend the life and health of people's teeth and bones as noted in scientific articles. Research shows that the best means of obtaining the required amount of vitamin D is from natural sunshine.

Also known as the "sunshine vitamin," it is produced naturally by the body through casual and minimal sun exposure. Vitamin D is just as essential as calcium for healthy teeth and bones according to a paper that was published in a September issue of the Journal of Periodontology.

But what if you are not confident with your yellowed, stained smile and refrain from flashing your grin? Artiste Studios has a variety of options available to get your smile to a bright, whiter grin in as little as an hour.

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Look at yearbook or prom pictures from the 1950s or '60s and you'll see many smiles framed with heavy metal braces, a sight that's increasingly rare on today's high school campuses. Why the change? Children today tend to get braces at a much earlier age. It's not uncommon for a patient as young as 7 or earlier to begin orthodontic treatment.

"The American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) recommends that all children receive an orthodontic screening by age 7," says Thomas Cangialosi, D.D.S., chairman of the Section of Growth and Development and director of the Division of Orthodontics at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. "Permanent teeth generally begin to com in at age 6 or 7, and it is at this point in a child's oral development that orthodontic problems become apparent.

"Because bones are still growing, it's an ideal time to evaluate a child and determine what orthodontic treatment, if any, may be needed either now or in the future," Dr. Cangialosi says.

Bring your child to Artiste Studios - L'Orthodontiste for interceptive orthodontics screening today. It is never too early or late.

Whiter teeth in an hour!

As time passes it is commonplace that a person's teeth will darken. In many cases much of this discoloration can be due to the cumulative effect of years of exposure to staining substances such as tea, coffee, colas, and tobacco products. In other cases it is simply the effect of the normal aging process of teeth.

Do you have a big event coming up soon that you want to transform your smile for or maybe you just don't think you can incorporate do-it-yourself whitening treatments into your busy lifestyle? If this is the case, then professional smile whitening performed at Artiste Studios under the supervision of our Dental team is the best solution.

Before the teeth whitening process is performed it is recommended that you have an essential cleansing done. Both surface stain and tartar need to be removed from your teeth before the bleaching treatment is performed.

Zoom! ™ Chair side Teeth Whitening System

This all-inclusive whitening system uses a hydrogen peroxide-based tooth whitener activated by the patented Zoom light.

How long does it take to perform a Zoom! ™ Whitening treatment?

With the Zoom! systems each whitening session is broken down into three 15 minute applications of whitener, for a cumulative exposure time of 45 minutes. Pre and post treatment preparations and activities round the total treatment time up to a little over 60 minutes when the Zoom! ™ whitening process is used which means a lunch break procedure.