Footscray Dental Care

20/03/2025

Every person deserves a healthy smile! 🦷💙
On , let’s ensure each and every person can have access to dental care!

11/11/2024

We will remember them

23/10/2024

The only drink that will keep you hydrated and not be harmful to your teeth is water (bonus if your local water supply includes fluoride).

Rinse after meals and other drinks to ensure removal of food and neutralising acids to protect your smile 😁

Drinking plenty of water throughout the day helps you keep hydrated and maintain a healthy flow of saliva, which is essential for neutralizing acids and protecting your teeth. Keep that water bottle handy and sip often.

Tap water is the best option, especially when your local water supply includes fluoride.

19/10/2024

Early dental care is always better than late...common sense 😅

In 2022-23 about 87,000 hospitalisations for dental conditions could have been avoided if patients had been treated earlier, a recently published report has found. Read more: https://ab.co/3NxzCf0

Choose your news on the ABC NEWS app and stay in the know: https://ab.co/abcnewsapp

14/10/2024

Striving for a better future!

Happy World Cavity-Free Future Day!

Brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste is proven to be one of the most effective ways to prevent cavities and tooth decay and establishing a healthy brushing routine is so important.

Find out more - https://www.acffglobal.org/wcffday-2/

28/08/2024

Sometimes, bigger is better

Your dentist take what they call a "full-mouth x-ray" which provides a good overall view of your mouth.

Your dentist may ask to take more x-rays if they need to look closer at something they can see on the full-mouth x-ray such as if they're checking into cysts, tumours, and infections and teeth that are still under the gum, such as wisdom teeth.

Find out more -www.teeth.org.au/dental-x-rays

28/08/2024

Bite wing x-rays are commonly used as part of dental check-ups to find tooth decay and see the amount of bone around the teeth.

Bite wing x-rays are commonly used as part of dental check-ups to find tooth decay and see the amount of bone around the teeth.

Your dentist will let you know how often you need to have these x-rays taken.

Find out more - www.teeth.org.au/dental-x-rays

28/08/2024

Why do we need to take an x-ray?

Find out more at the post below

A periapical x-ray is used by your dentist to take a look at a whole tooth, including the root/s and the bone around it.

Examples of when your dentist may ask for your consent to this image include if you have a sore tooth, before removing a tooth or before, during and after root canal treatment.

Find out more - www.teeth.org.au/dental-x-rays

15/08/2024

Dr Scott Davis has made an appearance on The Project on Channel 10 where he discussed the risks surrounding dental tourism.

He also touched on the urgency of the need for the Federal Government to act on providing dental care for groups most in need such as the elderly and those in lower socioeconomic groups.

Watch now - https://ada.org.au/ada-president-warns-of-the-risk-of-dental-tourism

31/07/2024

19/07/2024

It's National Diabetes Week.

Did you know that diabetes is one of two well known risk factors that increase your risk of developing severe gum disease called periodontitis?

Find out more. https://teeth.org.au/diabetes

06/06/2024

At Footscray Dental Care, we aim to look after our local community.

Having lived in in the Western Suburbs for over 40 years, we are passionate about the region.

We want everyone to get the message about great oral health.

Factsheets on a range of oral health issues are now available in Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Vietnamese and Punjabi from Teeth.org.au

https://teeth.org.au/translated-factsheets