Birmingham Dentists. Dental Hygiene, Hygienists in Birmingham.

Our goal is to achieve a lifetime of the best oral health for all our patients.

Regular visits to our hygienist and dental health educator will help keep your teeth clean and your breath fresh. Due to neglect and poor hygiene, teeth are prone to decay and gums are susceptible to disease, which can lead to loss of teeth.

Successful cosmetic dentistry does not only rely on the work done by the dentist. To ensure your smile holds its sparkle for years to come, we sell dental sundries such as floss and electrical toothbrushes.

Frequent visits to our Dental Hygiene Salon will help maintain a healthy smile and our hygienist will carefully explain the correct way to brush and offer advice on eliminating bad breath

Breathe RX Range

You can achieve the fresh, clean breath you deserve with the Breath Rx™. Your breath and your self-confidence are too important to rely on unreliable products that barely solve your breath problem. Breathe RX's Breath Management System or Fresh Breath System or is formulated by and developed exclusively for dental professionals to fight bad breath. Bad breath treatment can improve your fresh breath and oral heath. It treats the causes of bad breath and the symptoms. Breathe RX ranges including Purifying Toothpaste, Gentle Tongue Scraper, Anti-Bacterial Tongue Spray and Anti-Bacterial Mouth Rinse.

Interdental Products

Interdental Brush is designed for removing plaque from between teeth along the gum line. Interdental brush comes with variety of sizes that allow you to choose the best brushes suit for the different space sizes between teeth in various parts of the mouth.

Dental Floss Products

Dental Floss is used to remove food and plaque between the teeth and under your gum line. Using dental floss is essential for good oral health and fresh breath. Learning the best way to floss your teeth will significantly improve your oral heath.

Electronic Products

Electric toothbrushes have greater cleaning potential. They help to dislodge dental plaque beyond where normal toothbrushes can't even reach. At New Street Dental, we have variety of Electric toothbrushes and electric toothbrush accessories by Oral-B, Sonicare and NAiS Dentacare

Electronic Accessories

Brush heads and Replacement parts for most powered products including Sonicare and NAiS Dentacare

Mouthwashes, Rinses and Sprays

Combine dental care regime; tooth brushing, tongue cleaning, flossing with mouthwash can play a significant role in the treatments of bad breath. Some mouthwashes, rinses and sprays can help to prevent or to reduce gum disease. Some mouthwashes, rinses and sprays may also contain fluoride.

Toothbrushes

High quality toothbrush. Ask your dentist and hygienist for a recommendation your new toothbrushes. Remember to change your toothbrush regularly as new toothbrush can remove up to 30% more plaque than the three months old one.

Tongue Scrapers or Tongue Cleaners

Tongue Scraper or tongue cleaners is recommended by dentists and hygienists. It helps to remove the build-up of bacteria and other compounds which result in bad breath so it is important to keep your tongue clean to avoid the risk of a problem developing.

Toothpastes/Gels

Daily toothpaste aids in the prevention of dental decay and eliminates bad breath. Fluoride toothpaste can prevent tooth and gum (Gingiva) disease. Whitening Toothpaste helps maintain a white smile and fresh breath with daily brushing. There is also toothpaste for sensitive gums and teeth

Teeth whitening system: Get you white teeth with our home tooth whitening products. Professional whitening gel is only available for existing clients of New Street Dental.

New Street Dental
First Floor
Unit B
Burlington Court
New Street
Birmingham B2 4JD

FAQs about Dental Hygiene in Birmingham

Q   Who are Dental Hygienists?
A Dental Hygienists are specially trained to work with the Dentist in giving Dental care to the patients. They play a very important role and are mainly concerned with ensuring and maintaining total oral health.

They undertake a two- year course to obtain a Diploma in Dental Hygiene. A three- year degree course is also available. The General Dental Council has approved the use of the letters EDH as a short title for Enrolled Dental Hygienists.

Q   Does every dental practice have a Hygienist?
A Not all practices have a Dental Hygienist. But more of them offer this service to patients, using part-time or full time hygienists. At our practice, due to the huge value seen by our patients, we find that our Hygienist preventative programme is extremely popular.

Hygienists can now work when the dentist is not there, as long as the patient has been seen by the dentist earlier and a treatment is prescribed.

Q   What do they do?
A   Dental hygienists help prevent dental disease. One of their skills is to carefully remove hard deposits of Calculus (tartar) and by coaching you to prevent it forming again. Dental Hygienists are also trained to recognise and deal with a host of other dental needs.

Dental Hygienists have both clinical and health promotional responsibilities. Clinically they help to treat and prevent periodontal (gum) disease by scaling and polishing teeth, applying prophylactic and anti-microbial materials, they can take dental radiographs and undertake monitoring and screening procedures. Dental Hygienists are also permitted to apply topical fluorides and fissure sealants in order to reduce dental caries (tooth decay).

Their Health Promotional role includes motivating and encouraging individuals and groups in oral health practices including oral hygiene and diet advice.

A dental hygienist, under the written prescription of a dentist may:
Monitor gum (periodontal) disease by using current indices.
Monitor plaque scores
Provide oral hygiene advice.
Give specific preventive advice including nutritional guidance,advice and use of fluoride agents and the benefits of smoking cessation.
Develop a home care plan for individual patients to maintain oral health.
Perform scaling above and below the gum.
Comprehensive hand scaling of the root surface (debridement)
Provide a through polishing, which will include finishing and polishing of fillings if required.
Apply fissure sealants
Replace crowns with temporary cement in an emergency.
Remove excess cement by instruments.
Placement of local anaesthetic when necessary
Placing of anti-microbial agents when necessary.
Take radiographs provided they have undergone 'core knowledge' certificate.
Take impressions.
Administer inferior dental nerve block anaesthesia under the direct personal supervision of a registered dentist.
Administer local infiltration anaesthesia without the direct personal supervision of a registered dentist.

The work of a dental hygienist is controlled by the Dentist Act 1984, and the Dental Auxiliaries Regulations 1986, as amended in 1991 and 2002. The regulations set out the work, which dental hygienists may carry out under the direction of a registered dentist who has examined the patient and issued a written prescription.

Q   Why is this treatment so important?
A Regular professional cleaning combined with coaching to improve your homecare will ensure huge dental benefits. A clean and healthy mouth improves your appearance and gives you fresh breath. However, research has shown that good cleaning significantly reduces the risk of filling replacement, new cavities, gum recession, food trapping and teeth drifting. Gum disease is also linked to Heart disease and there are concerns about poor gum health and pregnancy.

Q   Why doesn't the Dentist do this work?
A The dentists recognise that the Hygienist is specially trained for cleaning and will spend much longer with you. They are also experts in coaching and motivating you to correctly look after your teeth and gums.

Q    Will it hurt?
A   Simple scaling and polishing is usually pain free. Patients who have not seen a hygienist before or have large deposits of calculus can experience discomfort.

Q   I am a new patient and I only want to see the Hygienist. What are the rules?
A Under current Dental legislation, Dental Hygienists have to work under a prescription of a Dentist. It is for this reason, we are not allowed to appoint with Dental Hygienists only.

New patients have to register and be seen by a Dentist who will formulate a plan of treatment, which is presented to Hygienist.

Q   I am an existing patient and I want to see the hygienist in between my checkups?
A As you already have a prescription in your notes, you can make an appointment to see the hygienist directly. Please make an appointment in the usual manner with the hygienist.

Q   I am already registered with another dentist, but would like to only see the hygienist at your practice. What is the procedure?
A This is possible and quite simple. However, you will require a simple note from your dentist outlining what he wishes from our hygienist. We require this brief referral by law. Our Hygienist will send a report of her care to your dentist at the end of her treatment for his notes. The charges incurred are paid to our practice in the usual manner. You will not then need to be registered with a dentist at our practice.