New Patients at Red Hill Dental
Our friendly and professional team pride themselves on helping you achieve your healthiest, most beautiful smile. From the moment you enter our practice, to the minute you leave, we want to ensure that your experience at Red Hill Dental has been an extremely positive one. That’s why we go above and beyond to provide patients with a calming, relaxing and supportive environment, whilst our gentle approach to dentistry is second to none.
You’ll love our wide range of high-quality dental treatments to suit your every need, including our comprehensive list of cosmetic and general dental services.
Personalised Dental Care and Comfort
We understand some patients may not look forward to visiting the dentist, due to feelings of uneasiness, anxiety, or stress. At Red Hill Dental, however, you’ll find we equip with you everything necessary to make your experience comfortable and enjoyable. These additional options include:
- Relaxing background music: sit back in the waiting room and tune out with our relaxing soundtrack.
- Pillows & blankets for extra comfort: To keep you warm and relaxed in the dental chair, we provide pillows and blankets.
- Flat-screen, smart TV: To take your mind off your dental procedure, you can sit back and focus on the TV on the ceiling.
Helping Patients with Dental Anxiety
Whether your dental anxiety is moderate or more severe, we provide a number of options to reduce any fear or discomfort you may experience during treatment. We are also happy to discuss your feelings, concerns and needs to help you better manage or lessen your anxiety.
Additionally, our professional team offer trusted and effective pain management options to reduce any discomfort dental treatment may cause. These include:
- Nitrous oxide (Happy Gas Sedation) is available to help alleviate anxiety to ensure your dental treatment is a comfortable experience
- Topical anaesthetic applied to the gums to reduce the discomfort of an injection
- Local anaesthetic as a numbing agent injected into specific areas of the gum to prevent discomfort during dental procedures
Our dentist will thoroughly examine your mouth, including taking oral photographs and x-rays, and then discuss your results to help you better understand your oral health needs. We will provide you with written treatment details, estimates, and payment plan options.
Thanks to our convenient and flexible payment options, you can get the dental care you need and want now! Red Hill Dental is pleased to offer both Zip and Afterpay. Your treatment fees are discussed prior to all treatment. We accept EFTPOS, Mastercard and VISA
At Red Hill Dental, we recommend dental exam & hygiene every 6 months. This is because regular dental exams help to better detect and treat problems at the early stages. Regular dental exams will not only find problems in teeth and gums, but also detect general conditions of your body.
As our appointment schedule can get very busy, many of our patients like to pre-book their routine dental exam & hygiene appointment six months in advance. We will send you an email on the day that the appointment is made, and reminders approximately 3 weeks prior to your appointment. Due to the nature of the six months pre-booking, there can be changes in the clinician or your appointment time 6 months later. We will endeavour to let you know of the changes as soon as possible. In return, we ask you to please contact our office at your earliest convenience if you need to cancel or reschedule, so that we may offer the appointment to a patient in need.
How often do I need a dental exam & hygiene appointment?
Generally we recommend a visit to see your dentist every 6 months for Dental Exam & Hygiene. Early detection of dental problems result in less invasive and less expensive procedures. If you have gum problems or if you have high decay rate we may recommend you visit us every 3 or 4 months.
You should try and floss your teeth once a day. Flossing removes plaque and bacteria from between your teeth where a toothbrush can’t reach. It takes about 24 hours for plaque to form in your mouth. Daily flossing and brushing will help to disrupt these plaque forming, remove the build-up along your gum line, and prevent tooth decay and gum disease.
Bacteria and food in particular sugars are the main cause of tooth decay. A clear, sticky substance called plaque is always forming on your teeth and gums. Plaque contains bacteria that feed on the sugars in the food you eat. As the bacteria feed, they make acids, and these acids attack the protective layer of your tooth. There are varying stages of tooth decay, some more extensive than others. Depending on the destruction of the tooth decay you may need fillings, crowns, or root canal treatment. If the tooth decay is too extensive you may need to have a tooth extraction.
Does root canal therapy hurt?
Root canal therapy has a bad reputation when it comes to dental treatment. However root canal therapy should be no more uncomfortable than any other dental treatment, like a regular filling. We can never guarantee you will never feel any pain, however we would never continue with treatment if you had any discomfort.
Dr Henry goes to great lengths to make sure you are correctly numb, before and during your dental treatment. Under local anesthetic you should not feel any discomfort. Over-the-counter pain relief medication can also be prescribed to alleviate your discomfort after the treatment.
My wisdom teeth hurt. What should I do?
Many people suffer from wisdom tooth discomfort throughout their lifetime. However it isn’t always necessary to have your wisdom teeth removed. Wisdom teeth are commonly referred to as ‘third molars’ – the large teeth at the back of the mouth. They usually erupt between the ages of 17 and 25. If you feel pain around your wisdom teeth, then they may be impacted (i.e., not fully erupted because of blockage from other teeth). Please contact us to discuss your treatment options.
Want to Learn More?
We love welcoming new patients to our Paddington dental practice and encourage you to contact us today to schedule your first consultation with our gentle, friendly, and professional team.
