News & Advice: Orthodontics

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at Ock Street Clinic. This is the season of festivities and we all tend to over-indulge in all the food and drink we know we shouldn't...so keep cleaning your teeth... read more.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at Ock Street Clinic. This is the season of festivities and we all tend to over-indulge in all the food and drink we know we shouldn't...so keep cleaning your teeth... read more.

In the UK, 1 in 4 of us suffers from dental fear or anxiety, with a surprisingly high number of us dreading a trip to the dentist’s chair. Suffering from dental anxiety means different things to each of us; dental... read more.

Before toothpaste graced our bathroom cabinets, people used everything under the sun, from tortoise blood applied thrice yearly, to powdered charcoal, to the ashes of crushed animal skulls. The world’s oldest known recipe for ancient toothpaste, estimated to be over two... read more.

We often associate braces with teenagers and the image of metal train tracks and bright coloured elastic bands wrapped around for decoration. However, it is not only teenagers who wear braces and it is now becoming more common for adults... read more.

Oxfordshire dentists study group Oxident hosted a cosmetic dentistry study day on Friday 15th June 2012. The team at Ock Street Clinic has a strong interest in cosmetic dentistry and ten of us went to learn the latest about Inman... read more.

A new website has been launched by a group of hospital orthodontists to investigate the link between dental malocclusion and bullying. Malocclusion often causes crooked or sticking out teeth and so far the study has found that 13% of 10-14... read more.

Tulisa has been in the dental news this week. The x factor judge has had 12 dental veneers and a gum lift (also known as crown lengthening) to make her teeth bigger and her smile less gummy. Her teeth look... read more.

According to Heat magazine (22nd October 2011) Jordan had a smile makeover in the USA in 2007. She had a number of veneers fitted but since then has had to have them re-done because they caused her pain and even... read more.