You can find info on the human services site:
http://www.humanservices.gov.au/…/child-dental-benefits-sch…
cal Medicare to check if your child is eligible, or call us on 4329 3003 and we will check for you.

Fiber Reinforced Composite For Dentine Replacement
One of the problems that can face the dentist and the patient is the cracked teeth. Cracks are usually not easy to see.

If the crack extends under the gum line, the prognosis is usually bad. Treatment of a cracked tooth will probably involve a crown.
The newest technology in the restorative material is a fibre-reinforced restorative material called EverX.
This is used as a base material under the white filling. It prevents the propagation of any cracks.
GC everX Posterior is a fibre-reinforced composite designed to be used in conjunction with conventional restorations. The short fibres of GC everX Posterior will make it a perfect sub-structure to reinforce any composite restoration in large size cavities.
Fibres will also prevent and stop crack propagation through the filling, which is considered to be the main cause of composite failures.


Thanks to its unique properties, GC everX Posterior opens new possibilities for restorations of extensive cavities at chair-side and is the answer to the growing demand for an economic restorative alternative for big size cavities.

– Short fibres prevent and stop the progression of fracture in the restoration
– Fracture toughness equivalent to dentine and almost double to any composite will bring unsurpassed strength to the restoration
– Minimal horizontal shrinkage as fibres contribute to shrinkage reduction in the direction of their orientation
4 to 5 mm increments can be cured simultaneously
– Reliable bond to overlaying composite as well as to the tooth substance

Reinforcing material for direct composite restorations, especially in large posterior cavities, including:
– Cavities with 3 surfaces or more to be restored
– Cavities with missing cusps
– Deep cavities
– Endodontically treated teeth – after root canal therapy.
– Cavities after amalgam replacement (especially since amalgam placement often lead to initiation of crack and cusp fracture)
– Cavities where onlays & inlays would also be indicated

Kids lose teeth due to trauma more often than we like. playing sports, falling off a bicycle….. Sometimes we just cannot prevent that from happening. What can we do?
this article is related to losing adult teeth in kids, not baby teeth.
Knocking off a tooth entirely out of its socket (called avulsed tooth) happens in 10% of population. When a baby tooth is avulsed, that has minimal effect as it will be replaced by the adult successor, but when an adult tooth is avulsed, this is a serious emergency, and time is an important factor in successful treatment. The best we can do is reimplant the tooth back, but the longer it stays out, the less chance for success.

so if you kid comes to you with his adult tooth in his hand after falling, call us immediately, and follow the instructions:
1- Try to calm your kid and assure him/her things will be fixed.
2- wash his/her face, remove all debris and dirt and blood.
3- make sure he/she has no more serious injuries. as much as we hate to lose a tooth, but fixing a broken rib is probably more important.
4- Hold the tooth by the crown (the whiter part). Clean the tooth under running water. do not rub with your fingers or anything.
5- where to place the tooth? in order of preference:
– your kid’s mouth, under the tongue, and keep talking to your kid making sure he/she doesn’t swallow the tooth
– Saline. if you have contact lens solution, that will do.
– milk.
– water.
At the surgery, we will try to reimplant the tooth. We must fixate it to the adjacent teeth and put it out of occlusion. The root canal treatment must be followed as soon as possible, after the swelling has subsided.
But what if that fails, or if we couldn’t reimplant the tooth, may be it was lost!
Can we place an implant?
replacing a tooth with an implant is not acceptable for kids. Implants can only be placed on jaw that has ceased developing and growing. If an implant is placed into a growing jaw, it will affect the growth of the jaw and the eruption of teeth into their favourable position.
It is contraindicated to place an implant before the age of 21.
So what are the options?
1- a Plastic tooth called flipper. A removable partial denture, this is removable, the child needs to keep it clean and pay extra attention to his dental hygiene.
2- bonded tooth. A fake tooth, made of resin or porcelain can be fitted in the space and bonded to the adjacent teeth
3- wires are used to hold the crown of the avulsed tooth in place
The aim f these alternatives:
1- provide acceptable cosmetics for the child.
2- hold the space so something definite can be done in the future.
3- avoid any speech impairment.

Many reasons make people not stick to a regular dental visit. many people don’t agree they should have their teeth checked even if they have no pain. Many people know they should make the effort, but there is always something in the way, like kids, work, holiday time ,,,etc.
If for one reason or another you don’t visit the dentist regularly, What will happen?


– Decay in teeth usually starts without causing any pain. Sometimes it might cause some thermal sensitivity. If you end up with pain in your tooth, chances are the tooth is beyond repair with “Just a filling“. A symptomatic tooth most of the time requires root canal treatment, or extraction.
– the consequences of such treatment are expensive, so while you think you have been avoiding unnecessary dental fees on check up and clean, what you have been doing is accumulating them over the years to pay them all at once for an expensive treatment. Not only that but such treatment is far more invasive and uncomfortable rather than “just a filling”.
– with routine check ups, we can diagnose dental decay even before causing any pain. The treatment will probably be “Just a filling”.

– When you visit the dentist, we examine your gums as well as your teeth. Healthy gums mean healthy bone. Bone is where your teeth are imbedded. If the bone gets week, then your teeth will get week. Many people lose their teeth to gum disease.
– Gum disease is rarely acute. Which means you probably will never feel any pain. Gum disease is mostly chronic. It creeps up on you, and one day, you will feel your teeth are getting loose.
– Treating advanced gum disease is very difficult. Most of the time it involves maintenance procedure rather than “treating and back to normal”.
– so if you have no pain and you don’t visit the dentist regularly, chances are you will end up with dentures.