We must inform you that our recycling partner has now changed to Phillips, and they no longer accept toothpaste tubes.

Can I straighten my teeth myself?

Here are six reasons why water is good for your teeth.

What is a tongue scraper?

What drinks to offer your child to drink

Tooth erosion or acid erosion, also known as dental erosion, is a type of tooth wear.

Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat some types of bacterial infections.

Here's a rundown of what this plan has to offer:

Good reasons to remove your wisdom teeth.

Did you know we offer Anti Wrinkle treatment?

Our reminder emails are sent out of courtesy for any appointments which are made with us.

It’s now the perfect time to have your teeth checked and cleaned.

We wanted to remind our patients of our Practice Plan.

Oakthorpe Dental sponsored a team of four at the latest UCARE golf day at Studley Wood golf club.

Oliver Brown is a dentist with a special interest in Dental Implants and is now joining Oakthorpe Dental to provide this service to our patients.

Siddhika Sathyamoorthy is our new dentist starting in June 2022.

We are sad to announce that Min is leaving Oakthorpe Dental on the 9th of June 2022.

Oakthorpe dental sponsored a team in this golf day at Studley Wood Golf Club on the Wednesday 25th May 2022.

It has proved very successful with our regular patients looking to spread costs throughout the year and also with our new patients who want to take advantage of the 10% discount offered on all treatments.

We are excited to announce the arrival of our new digital scanner. This remarkable piece of equipment allows us to take scanned images which are knitted together to provide a 3D image of teeth and gums to share with our technicians via email. This will potentially allow us to forgo the need to take impressions (of course this is case selective).

At Oakthorpe Dental we always advocate the efficient use of electric toothbrushes and quite understandably many patients have questioned whether they can be recycled.

Smile for life at Oakthorpe Dental with our new dental plan.

At Oakthorpe Dental our focus is always on prevention. Preventing decay is always better than treating it.

This charity golf day was held by UCARE at Studley Wood Golf Club. It was a beautiful sunny day and our team enjoyed every minute! Studley Wood golf course looked fantastic and UCARE were wonderful hosts for this event.

We are extremely pleased to be introducing our newest member of the team Kate Anderson.

“Smile for life” is a bespoke plan we are running in collaboration with Denplan - for new and existing customers.

Since opening again on the 9th June we have worked as a small team to treat the emergencies accumulated during the lockdown , and also placing into action a set of operational procedures so we can provide a safe environment. These procedures have been continually revised and refined to allow us to now introduce routine treatments and the long-awaited hygienist service.

Oakthorpe Dental has successfully seen patients for urgent care appointments for the last three weeks.

We are looking forward to seeing our patients and would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and understanding through this time.

As of Monday 23 rd March 2020 we are only seeing patients requiring urgent dental treatment. Allpatients whose appointments are being cancelled will be contacted shortly.

In light of the current situation with the Coronavirus, we are keeping updated with the current advice from NHS England and WHO.

Do you ever wake up from a night's sleep with sore teeth and jaws? You could be grinding your teeth. This is known as bruxism and is usually done unconsciously in your sleep, but it can also occur when you are awake.

Do you ever wake up from a night's sleep with sore teeth and jaws? You could be grinding your teeth. This is known as bruxism and is usually done unconsciously in your sleep, but it can also occur when you are awake.

Batteries should be discharged before recharging but we often find that as the battery runs down electric toothbrushes get slower and slower.

We think an electric toothbrush would make a great gift! And here is why!

Intraoral scanners (IOS) are devices for capturing direct optical impressions in dentistry.

UCARE is a local charity which funds research and education for urological cancers. This is an oxford based charity which is close to our heart, and Seetal became a trustee in October 2014. If you want to find out more please follow the link below;

Bamboo toothbrushes and more…. We received so much positive feedback from our last newsletter we thought to expand our bamboo range.

The last four permanent teeth to appear in your mouth are the third molars, also known as “wisdom teeth”.

Debris, bacteria, and dead cells can build up on your tongue over time. This can lead to bad breath and have a negative impact on your overall oral health. Tongue scraping removes this build up.

At Oakthorpe Dental we are very pleased to provide another in-house service to benefit our patients.

Beware….”No Added sugar” means there is still sugar! We wanted to bring up this topic as we are asked the following question regularly;

At Oakthorpe Dental we are trying to strike the perfect balance between maintaining optimal cross infection control and reducing unnecessary plastic waste.