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Our recent blog article 'Overcoming Dental Anxiety', written by Laura Maconachie (senior dental nurse at First Alba Kinross) has been featured in The Perthshire Magazine. To read the article on The Perthshire Magazine website

Gum disease - or periodontitis - is the leading cause of tooth loss in the UK. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most prevalent diseases with an estimated 50% of the Scottish adult population showing at least some signs of it. So what can you do to prevent it and improve your gum health? First of all, prevention is better than cure!

Anxiety is something that everyone feels at times but for the most part people manage to work through it. Dental anxiety on the other hand is something that is not so easily overcome. It can often prevent people from seeking out even the most basic dental care, until they have a problem - usually with excruciating pain - when they feel forced into attending the dental surgery as an emergency. It’s therefore worth thinking about the two main causes and, moreover, what you, the patient, and ourselves as dental practitioners can do to make your dental journey stress and pain free!

Most people love to smile! But …. does your smile bother you? Is discolouration of your teeth discouraging you from smiling? If so, you’re not alone. Lots of people look to whitening their teeth to improve their appearance and boost their self-confidence! Being a busy mum, self-care can often be at the bottom of our ever growing to do list! We need quick and easy solutions. One thing that helps us feel a bit better – is a white smile!

This month, First Alba Healthcare's digital scanning graduate training scheme was featured in Scottish Dental Magazine. Following our recent £250,000 investment in 3D intra-oral digital scanning technology, we have announced that we will be recruiting and training two recent dental graduates in the technology. The graduates will be based at First Alba Healthcare’s Forfar practice.

Most people love to smile! But …. does your smile bother you? Is discolouration of your teeth discouraging you from smiling? If so, you’re not alone. Lots of people look to whitening their teeth to improve their appearance and boost their self-confidence! Being a busy mum, self-care can often be at the bottom of our ever growing to do list! We need quick and easy solutions. One thing that helps us feel a bit better – is a white smile!

Dental nurses Laura Russell and Susan Coull are celebrating promotion to posts as clinical managers with First Alba Healthcare, a business with five dental practices in Angus, Fife, Perth & Kinross and Tayside.

Dental group First Alba Healthcare, which has two practices in Dundee, plus another three in Fife, Kinross and Forfar has announced that it has appointed Margaret Tyrrell of Business Consultancy UK Ltd to manage HR, financial and payroll for the whole dental group.

A prestigious event for Scottish dentists is taking place on 5 March at Royal College of Surgeons. Set up to provide Scottish dentists with a forum to discuss and promote industry issues, The Scottish Dental Association (SDA) formed in July 2020 to help unite and support all dental professionals in Scotland, is a not for profit organisation which now has 800 members. Its first ever conference has the theme of “Reshaping Scottish Dentistry for the Better”.

First Alba Healthcare were featured today in the British Dental Journal, in an article about our recent £250k investment in the latest state-of-the-art intraoral 3D scanning technology.