Northside Family Smile

Northside Family Smile The sometimes updated page to get an insight into our family dental practice.

The irrepressible Vi (this time with her accomplice Martha) strikes again. This time it’s Dr- spirit animal. I can just...
10/03/2026

The irrepressible Vi (this time with her accomplice Martha) strikes again. This time it’s Dr- spirit animal. I can just hear you 2 giggling as you came up with this!

30/01/2026

Hello everybody, just a note to let you know that we’re closed today and Monday. It’s my birthday and I need time to cope with severe aging. See you all on Tuesday. 🫣

20/11/2025

You guessed it, we are out again. We’re hoping that this will all be rectified by Monday, but there are just no phones today or tomorrow. I will have the girls on the front desk monitor this page if you need us and of course our email is still running. We are so sorry for everything, Optus has us over a barrel.

17/11/2025

Hi everybody. Phones are down... OPTUS is working on it but it may be a day or so. I'll check here as often as I can.

A thousand apologies...

25/08/2025

For those of you who know about my sister-in-law, she lost her battle with cancer last week. I am off to the funeral today, and so we are closed. Open again from tomorrow. Thanks for understanding. 

30/07/2025

Hi everybody, just to let those of you who come on here no, we have no phone service for this morning. Optus tells us it’s a planned outage, but all our phones are on the Internet so it affects us quite badly. Hopefully up and running after lunch today!

06/03/2025

Hello everybody. Thought I’d post one of my way too infrequent post on here to let you know what’s going on with cyclone prep. We’re going to close from 2 o’clock Thursday until Monday at this point. We’ll see how the roads look on Monday. Everybody stay safe!

Have you been good this year?!? Forget Santa, fear the wrath of the tooth fairy!Oh, that reminds me, we will be closed f...
23/12/2024

Have you been good this year?!? Forget Santa, fear the wrath of the tooth fairy!
Oh, that reminds me, we will be closed from lunch on the 24th, but open again on Saturday the 28th and Monday the 30th. Closed again for new year until Saturday the 4th. Leave a message if you need us and we will check on those days bright and early.
Happy Holidays!

14/12/2024

The Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) is a program that provides financial assistance to eligible families to help cover the cost of basic dental services for their children. The program is available to children between the ages of 2 and 17 years who are eligible for Medicare and whose families receive certain government benefits.

Under the CDBS, eligible children can receive up to $1,095 worth of dental services over a two-year period. These services include examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fissure sealing, fillings, root canals, and extractions (it does not cover orthodontic or cosmetic dental work.)

Think you are eligible? Contact medicare, they can tell you immediately.

WARNING: if you are squeemish (and I know who you are!) don't watch this. Medieval dentistry...
25/11/2024

WARNING: if you are squeemish (and I know who you are!) don't watch this. Medieval dentistry...

07/11/2024

Used toothbrushes are contaminated with millions of germs from our mouths, from the bathroom, and from neighbouring toothbrushes. So how do we reduce the extent of these germs? Wash your hands before using your toothbrush. After brushing your teeth, rinse your toothbrush under running water for 5-10 seconds, rubbing your clean thumb over it until visibly clean and then store it in a clean dry place. Do not share a toothbrush as this can spread germs from one person to the next. Replace your toothbrush often – every two to three months - although a slightly shaggy brush isn't too bad.
Don't use your toothbrush to clean the toilet!!
Finally, the UV light baths you can buy seem to have at least some effect. I wouldn't rely solely on them but they sure don't hurt.

For further information or to make an appointment to consult with Dr Troy Clifford or Dr Amy Yu please call North Lakes Family Smile on 3491 3354.

09/10/2024

"The dentist says my teeth are like a string of pearls. Each one has a hole through it!"

Why do we need to floss our teeth—isn't brushing enough?

Very few of us floss as recommended. Brushing your teeth cleans the tops, fronts, and backs of your teeth, but it can’t do anything about the sides of the teeth where brush bristles can’t reach. Flossing is important because it helps remove plaque and food particles from those spaces. Regular flossing can reduce the risk of developing gum disease. The germs in your gums can enter your blood stream and eventually make its to your heart, and that may lead to heart disease and stroke. It also makes your blood sugar hard to regulate if you are diabetic. Flossing is not just a way to remove food that is stuck in the spaces between your teeth. In fact, you shouldn’t be focusing on cleaning the spaces and should instead think about cleaning the sides of the teeth themselves. Once the floss is between your teeth, wrap the floss around one of the teeth to make a “C” shape and wipe up and down the side of each tooth, extending down under the gumline, including the back side of your last teeth. Change to a different, clean part of the floss as you go along to avoid just moving bacteria from one spot to another. If you’re not flossing on a regular basis, you may experience sore or bleeding gums the first several days you floss. The more you do it, the tougher and healthier your gums become. There’s a toothbrush and type of floss for everyone, so there is no reason to shy away from complete oral care. If you have trouble handling floss, you might want to look at a waterflosser or floss holders, or even bristle picks.
Flossing is the secret weapon to combat tooth decay!

For further information or to make an appointment to consult with Dr Troy Clifford or Dr Amy Yu please call Northside Family Smile on 3491 3354

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452 Gympie Road
Strathpine, QLD
4500

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm
Saturday 8:30am - 3pm

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