It is with the very greatest of pleasure that I can announce that Dr Jessica Maguire BDS Lond MJDF RCS (Eng), a new associate dentist has joined our team at Charlbury Dental Practice. Jessica graduated from Kings College London Dental Institute and has achieved her Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties at the Royal College of Surgeons. Subsequently she has completed training in Anterior Alignment Orthodontics including Inman and ClearSmile Aligner systems. She has also recently completed her Certifi cate in Oral Surgery and Implantology from the highly regarded Tatum Institute under the stewardship of Professor Hilt Tatum, a pioneer in dental implants. Jessica has a special interest in helping nervous patients to overcome their fears by fostering a calm and relaxing environment. She has carried out a number of dental projects in Nepal, Costa Rica and Zimbabwe to help to educate and treat the local communities. She has a passion for cooking (and eating!), reading, playing musical instruments and skiing. I hope that you will welcome Jessica to the practice and we all look forward to working together for many years.

Charlbury Dental

NewsletterSummer 2015

The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth...

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People nowadays - especially in Western Europe and in the USA - are obsessed with having shining, pearly whites in their mouth. White teeth imply cleanliness. White teeth are also aesthetically attractive. But it has not always been that way. What is considered aesthetically attractive varies from time to time and culture to culture. One of the greatest examples of this comes from the land of the rising sun.Ohaguro is the custom of dyeing a person’s teeth black. It is an ancient tradition as scientists have excavated buried bones and terracotta funerary objects, called haniwa that show traces of blackened teeth. These artefacts reach far back into Japanese history, to the pre-classical Kofun period, which ran from 250 to 583 AD. The term ‘ohaguro’ seems to be an aristocratic word. Predominantly they were aristocrats, including the imperial family, who blackened their teeth in this manner. Often, teeth blackening were fi rst introduced at coming-of-age ceremonies for aristocratic men and women.

For centuries ohaguro was practiced among the aristocracy to various degrees. Sometimes even the rural population blackened their teeth, though this was only for special occasions such as weddings or funerals. Towards the end of ohaguro’s popularity only married women, unmarried women who were older than 18, prostitutes and geishas blackened their teeth. In 1870 the Japanese government banned the practice.What was the ohaguro dye made of? And did it harm the teeth? The main ingredient was a dark-brown solution of ferric acetate called kanemizu , made by dissolving iron fi lings in vinegar. When the solution was combined with vegetable tannins from such sources as gallnut powder or tea powder, it would turn black and become non-water soluble. Coating the teeth with this liquid helped to prevent tooth decay and enamel decay. The dye had to be applied once a day or once every few days.In conclusion, it is clear that humans do not seem to change much. We love our mouths.

precise and targeted cleaning between teeth whilst the angled neck allows the user to access all areas of the mouth with no need to put their hands in their mouth and

People nowadays - especially in Western Europe and in the USA - are obsessed with having shining, pearly whites in their mouth. White teeth imply cleanliness. are also aesthetically attractive. But it has not always been that way. What is considered aesthetically attractive varies from time to time and culture to culture. One of the greatest examples of this comes from the land of the rising sun.Ohaguro is the custom of dyeing a person’s teeth black. It is an ancient tradition as scientists have excavated buried bones and terracotta funerary objects, called haniwa that show traces of blackened teeth. These artefacts reach far back into Japanese history, to the pre-classical Kofun period, which ran from 250 to 583 AD. The term ‘ohaguro’ seems to be an aristocratic word. Predominantly they were aristocrats, including the imperial family, who blackened their teeth in this manner. Often, teeth blackening were fi rst introduced at coming-of-age ceremonies for aristocratic men and women.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO HARRIET, our senior dental nurse and Richard for tying the knot! A truly splendid wedding… It’s living together afterwards that’s diffi cult! !

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Charlbury Dental Newsletter Summer 2015

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• 68% of people cannot tap their thumb knuckle against their lower teeth with their eyes closed without becoming dizzy.

• Elvis Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth.

• During the Dark Ages (c. 5th–13th century), popular belief was that you could grow a lost tooth by obtaining a tooth from someone else – ideally from a hanged criminal.

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