- Okay, hi John, thank you for coming
for your checkup today. - No worries.
- Excellent, so I'd like to start by asking
you a few questions, - Okay.
- Any medical problems at all?
- No, not that I'm aware of, fit and healthy.
- Brilliant, okay, and any problems with your teeth?
- I wouldn't say any major problems.
I sometimes get a bit of sensitivity
and a bit of pain at the back,
so I think about my wisdom teeth coming through.
And occasionally my gums bleed a bit
when I'm trying to sort of brush or floss.
- Okay, so how long has that been going on for?
- A couple of months if I'm honest.
- Okay and any pain from there at all?
- I wouldn't say like real harsh pain,
but yeah, just a little bit of discomfort occasionally.
- So we'll look into that for you.
How about your tooth brushing habits?
- I generally do brush twice a day,
but admittedly some days, it's only once.
- Okay, that's fine.
And how about, do you use an electric
or a manual toothbrush?
- I use an electric toothbrush.
- Okay, is that all the time?
- Yeah, most of the time.
I do have a backup manual if I'm like
going away travelling or something
rather than take an electric,
but normally it's electric.
- Okay and how about cleaning in between your teeth?
- Um, yeah, not so good with that.
I do try, but I find it a bit fiddly and a bit frustrating.
Probably like two or three times a week maybe
I get around to doing that.
- And do you generally get food stuck
in between your teeth or not really?
- No not too bad, but when I do kind of floss,
I do get a bit of bleeding.
- Okay so we do recommend brushing your teeth
twice a day and cleaning in between your teeth
at least once a day, and doing that
before you brush your teeth, basically,
so that would be great.
How about other social habits?
Smoking and alcohol?
- Yeah, a bit of both I'm afraid.
- Okay, how many do you smoke?
- Only about three or four a day
so I'm actually quite a light smoker but
drinking I generally have a couple of pints after work.
- Okay so, again, smoking and alcohol
both affect your teeth and your health generally.
Smoking obviously can cause gum disease, it can cause
staining and discoloration of teeth and bad breath as well.
So we recommend obviously stop smoking.
Much healthier for you.
And, in terms of alcohol, I think for men
it's 14 units per week so one pint is two units.
So if you're generally having a couple of pints a day
that can very quickly accumulate up to the
maximum recommended allowance.
So definitely recommend cutting back on that if you can do.
Drink plenty of water.
Okay and how about your diet?
- Yeah I think it's fairly average.
I try and be healthy but we all have
our takeaway and a few snacks every now and again.
- Okay is there much sugar or acid in your diet?
- I like a bit of sweets now and again.
Bit of chocolate yeah.
So I guess so really and maybe some
fruit juices, quite like that in the morning.
- Okay so sugar and acid are both
things that are bad for your teeth.
Obviously things like chocolate are high in sugar so,
if you are going to have them, it's best to have them all
in one go rather than snack on them throughout the day
and fruits also have natural sugars and natural acids
in them so these can also be damaging for your teeth.
Also best to have them in one go
rather than to snack on them during the day.
- Okay. - Okay lovely
is it okay have a look inside your mouth?
- Yeah absolutely.
- Okay let's do that.
The skin on the inside of your mouth there
can see there's some signs of cheek biting.
And no ulcers and no sores.
Your palate.
And stick your tongue all the way out for me.
Say ah.
- Ah.
- Okay fine and back in.
Lovely, put your tongue to the top of your palate.
And to the right hand side.
And to your left hand side.
And then down.
Excellent.
Next we'll be checking the hard tissues of your teeth.
You've got eight partially erupted,
seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.
Excellent you've got all your teeth there.
Next I'd like to check your gums.
Just going to be measuring your gums
with my instrument there.
Excellent.
Lovely.
Okay.
Just remove that.
Just like to also check your jaw
and any lymph nodes underneath your chin there.
So lips together, any tenderness or pain there at all?
- Nope.
- Okay and open nice and wide.
Bite together and open nice and wide again.
And lips together.
No clicking or pain there at all.
Excellent okay.
So I'd like to take some x-rays of your teeth as well
to just make sure you don't have any problems
and also to check out your wisdom teeth.
- Okay.
- Okay brilliant.
Once we've got your x-ray results,
I'll let you know the results of them and if there's
any treatment that's needed, we can discuss that together.
- Okay.
- Brilliant.
Any questions so far?
- Nope all great.
- Okay brilliant thank you very much.
We've had your x-ray results through.
Everything's absolutely fine so I'm glad to say
you don't have any cavities in your teeth.
- Great.
- Like to recommend you to brush your teeth twice a day
and to clean in between your teeth as well
and other than that, we will see you in six months time.
Any problems in the meantime, you
can come in and let us know.
- Okay brilliant, thank you. - Thank you.