At Nundah Village Dental we recommend you see a dentist every six months. People that attend regular dental checks have been shown to have up to 60% less decay than irregular attenders.  At your regular check up our dentists don’t just check for any problems with your teeth and gums.  We like to make your there are no problems with your jaw.  We check for oral cancer.  We try to help you with any issues that affect your mouth and can discuss options to get you into the best dental shape you can be.

A professional clean from a dentist every six months in essential for most people to maintain healthy gums. Your gums attach to the teeth like a tight collar on your shirt.  The tartar that builds up on our teeth between cleans causes damage to your gums and if left unattended too long causes gum disease where the collar becomes loose and the jawbone becomes infected. We all build up tartar at different rates and on occasion your dentist may recommend more frequent visits. This helps keep your teeth for life.

We would like to see mum while she is pregnant and discuss all the preventive measures available to avoid problems in the first place.  Your child should see a dentist or Oral Health Therapist (OHT) from when the first teeth erupt, with a full examination by the age of 2 and every 6 months after that.  We have OHTs that have a university degree specifically for treatment of children, and they are well equipped to put them at ease, and take the time to answer all your questions about early preventive care.  Our younger patients love seeing the OHTs and we are so glad to have them.  All children visits at Nundah Village Dental are highly discounted and most people in a health fund will have little or no gap to pay for children visits.  We believe in maintaining dental health for life and they key to achieving this is prevention. Too often we don’t see children until they are in pain or due to trauma to the mouth which requires treatment. Getting your child familiar with the dentist from a young age will aid in them having a positive experience if ever they require treatment, but hopefully prevent it even being necessary.

A fissure seal or sealant is a preventive treatment done to seal over the deepest grooves on the biting surface of our teeth. It stops germs sticking and growing in these grooves and prevents decay in the adult teeth by over 80%.  We aim to place sealants over the six year old molars as soon as they have erupted though the gum and again when the twelve years old molars are present.

You should brush your teeth for 2 minutes twice a day. More than 90% of dental decay is preventable!  Studies show one of the most dramatic differences in outcome regardless of diet, health, type to toothbrush etc. is that those that brush more than 2 minutes have less gum disease and decay compared to those that brush less than 2 minutes.  We brush our teeth to remove food and bacteria from our mouth. Bacteria eat the sugars in the foods and drink we consume which creates acid that dissolves our teeth and eventually causes a hole or cavity in your tooth. These bacteria are anaerobic – that is, they die in oxygen! so brushing and flossing gets oxygen in between the teeth and kills the harmful bugs.  If you have fixed braces on you should brush your teeth after every meal.

Yes! We recommend electric toothbrushes to patients for three main reasons – they have a two minute timer to make you think about how long you are brushing, a smaller head to reach difficult to get to areas,  and they do not need to use a scrubbing action which helps reduce over-brushing habits that damage your teeth.  They are also great for people with physical issues that can’t brush well.

Everyone needs to floss their teeth once a day. It is important to floss every gap!  Bacteria causing decay and gum disease die in oxygen – flossing gets oxygen between your teeth!

Many people believe that bleeding gums means they are brushing too hard. Gums bleed because you have not been cleaning that particular area well enough and they are infected. Bacteria or plaque form the white fuzzy film that is left on your teeth when you have not brushed for a while.  This infects the gums and causes them to become red and sometimes tender to touch. If not treated this will damage not only the gums but the jaw bone and your teeth can loosen or fall out.  You should see a dentist if you notice bleeding.

No. We choose not to participate or become contracted to any particular health insurance companies. We feel it is more important for us to offer quality treatment to our patients and this can become compromised with preferred providers as the insurance company dictates what they will pay the dentist for the treatment. We don’t want to take short cuts that prevent us doing a fantastic job.  We do have HICAPS which enables us to be able to process your claim on the spot leaving you with only the gap payment.

As everybody has different health insurance providers and are covered under different policies it is near impossible for us to know how much they will contribute to your treatment. However at the end of your regular check up appointment if you require further dental work you will receive a printed out treatment plan from your dentist. On this plan will be all the individual item numbers for the planned treatment and you can then contact your insurance provider to see how much they will contribute to the treatment. Some funds allow us to give you a quote of what they will pay from our HICAPS machine.  Ask our friendly reception staff.

Please call our reception team on (07) 3260 6200 or alternatively you can email us at [email protected], or click the ‘book appointment’ button at the top of this page.