New Year, New Smile: 9 Dental Health Resolutions for 2025

A new year is upon us again. If you’re someone who reviews the previous year and sets intentions for the next 12 months, your health is possibly one thing that features high in your resolutions.

While improving diet and getting more exercise might top the bill, it’s sometimes good to set some dental health goals, too. This could be improving the appearance of your smile, or it might mean making some changes to dental habits so you can enjoy healthier teeth and gums.

In the year ahead, what will you do for your smile? This guide suggests a few of the resolutions you can set and how we can support you in these goals.

Dental Health Resolutions for The New Year

1. Improve Your Brushing Routine

You’ve brushed your teeth day and night for decades, but it’s easy to become complacent. Your thoughts may drift elsewhere, and you might not brush as mindfully as you should. Corners get cut, and plaque can quickly build up in the hard-to-reach areas of your smile.

This year, why not go back to basics with your hygiene? Invest in a new toothbrush and make sure you’re using the best fluoride toothpaste to protect your teeth.

Get back in the habit of brushing twice a day. Setting a timer can help remind you of how much time you should spend on each tooth.

While you’re improving your routine, look at flossing. If dental floss isn’t for you, there are several other ways to clean the bacteria and debris buildup between your teeth, including water flossers and interdental brushes.

2. Quit Those Bad Habits

You might have several bad habits that you know are causing harm to your oral health. Smoking is perhaps one of the most common and damaging habits, which stains your smile and causes gum disease.

Talk to us or your GP for tips on quitting. 

Other habits like opening packages with your teeth, biting your nails, or chewing pen lids can all cause damage, too.

3. Book That Checkup!

If it’s been a while since your last dental examination, it’s probably time to book a checkup. We recommend seeing us every six months. Routine dental visits help us monitor changes in your smile, giving us a head start on addressing problems while they’re easily fixed.

4. Visit Us for a Hygiene Treatment

Hygiene treatments clean your teeth in ways you can’t at home. A visit to our hygienist will remove tartar and leave your smile looking and feeling fresh. 

But there’s more to a hygiene appointment. It’s also a chance to discuss your oral health and learn new ways to care for your smile.

5. Fix That Damaged Tooth

A chip or a crack in your teeth may disrupt the appearance of your smile, but it also puts you at an increased risk of infection. 

If you’ve been putting off that essential repair, you might be happy to learn that composite bonding is a quick and easy way to fix issues like this. We use natural-looking resin to rebuild and shape your teeth. The repair will blend in seamlessly so nobody will even see it. 

6. Straighten Your Smile

It’s never too late to get a straighter smile. If you’ve been putting off closing gaps, reducing crowding, or straightening the crooked teeth that harm your confidence, Invisalign can help.

This clear aligner system is ideal, whatever your age. The discrete, comfortable, removable aligners gradually shift your teeth without impacting your lifestyle.

7. Restore Your Radiance

If your smile has faded or become stained, a simple at-home whitening treatment can remedy this. 

We use Enlighten, a safe and effective system that you can use in your own home to gradually whiten your smile over two weeks. 

8. Get Veneers

If you have several issues you’d like to address, and you want a blanched and aesthetically pleasing smile, veneers are a popular choice. 

These thin porcelain shells cover the fronts of your teeth to give them a completely new look. Your new smile will look radiant and healthy while adding an extra layer of protection against cavities. 

8. Fill the Gaps

If you’ve lost teeth or have a failing smile, we can help. Replacing missing teeth preserves the health of your adjacent teeth and stops the neighbouring teeth from moving. Not only that, but completing your smile restores lost confidence and lets you bite and chew again.

We can replace missing teeth with dentures, bridges, and dental implants. Each option has its benefits, and we can determine which is right for you during your consultation. 

Happy New Year From Harley Private Dental 

In the year ahead, you can take control of your oral health. With a full range of treatments and services, we’re here to help you on your journey to a healthier smile in 2025.

Contact us to book your next appointment.

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