Dr Jennifer Collins
Egg-cellent Easter treats- enjoying you Easter Egg without cracking your smile !
Easter eggs are synomonoyus with Easter. As kids we gave up sugar for lent, and saved our one Easter Egg for the Big Day and relished the...
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Dr Jennifer Collins
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Does Homemade Toothpaste Actually Work?
Before toothpaste was produced commercially by large corporations like Colgate or GSK, people used to make their own version of...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Feb 8, 20213 min read
How to manage your child's diet when they are being home-schooled!
It's a difficult time. Your children are in the house all day long being home-schooled due to our latest lockdown and are constantly...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Feb 1, 20213 min read
Spring Forward With Tips to Stop your Kids Snacking!
It's February 1st, your children are at home with you being home-schooled as you (try and) work from home. You are just about getting...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Enjoy your Halloween this year without giving yourself a Covid Scare!
If we can get past the sheer horror of our new Level 5 lockdown tomorrow, we can start looking forward to Halloween ! Halloween brings...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Get ready to "go back to school"!
When you have school going children, this time of year is full of the stresses of preparing them for September. Especially with the...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Feb 3, 20201 min read
What to do if you or someone else has knocked out a tooth
Knocking out a tooth is a very traumatizing experience and it can happen for a number of different reasons. Many children knock out loose...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Jan 10, 20202 min read
A slimmer tongue can help stop your snoring!
Who would have thought that your tongue could play such a pivotal role to your sleep, health and overall wellbeing?! And that having a...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Dec 20, 20192 min read
Help! I need a dentist at Christmas ….
Christmas is a most unfortunate time of year to need a dentist, with few dental practice staying open over the festive season. Because of...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Dec 9, 20191 min read
How to have a "Cavity - Free" Christmas!
We all love Christmas and the food and drinks that go with it! From the Christmas puddings, to the turkey carvery’s - it’s a time for...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Nov 11, 20192 min read
How much toothpaste do I use for a child?
Many children are overdoing it on the toothpaste a new study is reporting. Lots of parents are unwittingly squeezing potentially...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Trick or Treat! Mind your Teeth!
It's coming up to the spookiest time of the year , when witches, ghouls and scary ghastly creatures come to life! Halloween brings with...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Sep 2, 20192 min read
How to protect you child's teeth when going back to school!
With our children going back to school after a summer of fun and icecream, we all know it can be difficult to limit their sugar intake,...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Can a healthy diet reduce gum disease?
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology in April 2019, an anti-inflammatory diet can "reduce...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Jul 22, 20192 min read
Commercial Baby Food and Sugar ...
A high proportion of baby foods are incorrectly marketed as suitable for infants under the age of six months, when in fact much of it...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Jul 1, 20192 min read
Which is better - an electric or a manual toothbrush?
This is a question that we, at Northumberland Dental Care are asked daily. Finally, we can confirm that electric toothbrushes are indeed...
Dr Jennifer Collins
May 30, 20193 min read
Does charcoal toothpaste work?
New research published last week in the British Dental Journal as confirmed that there is no scientific research that charcoal toothpaste...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Apr 12, 20193 min read
How to protect your child's teeth this Easter!
With Easter around the corner, we all know it can be difficult to limit our children's sugar intake, especially with all the chocolate...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Apr 2, 20192 min read
How Do I Prepare My Autistic Child For The Dentist or Dental Treatment?
With World Autism Month coming up in April every year, it is important to be aware of the difficulties that the child with autism has...
Dr Jennifer Collins
Feb 12, 20192 min read
How to get a beautiful smile
When you gaze at the images of movie stars on the covers of magazines at the grocery store checkout or read an online article about a...
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