We all want to keep looking as good as we can for as long as possible; you just need to look at all the anti-ageing creams on sale in your local chemist to see that staying youthful is on peoples’ minds. Believe it or not there are even things that your dentist can do to help you fight the ageing process.

Dublin18 Dental Care offers non-invasive cosmetic surgery procedures including Anti wrinkle injections and dermal fillers for patients from Deansgrange and surroundings areas. These are simple and safe injections that can smooth out the skin or “fill in” wrinkles, with the effects lasting anywhere from a few months to over a year. Even those who have a phobia of needles have nothing to worry about, as the practitioner will use a local anaesthetic cream to numb the area slightly so you won’t even feel a thing.

However, your teeth are also an important part of fighting wrinkles and many people don’t realise how they could be causing their skin to age prematurely by not taking good care of their smile. As people get older they may find that their teeth become decayed or damaged and have to be removed; if these teeth are at the front of the mouth then most people will immediately sign up for a dental bridge or a false tooth. If the gap is hidden away at the back, a lot of patients decide to just manage without as no-one will see the missing teeth.

True, a missing tooth at the back of the mouth won’t show up on photographs – but give it a few years and the gap will start to have an effect on the shape of your face. A full set of teeth is essential to maintain the health of your jawbone. Gaps allow the bone to deteriorate which means it cannot support the flesh and skin on your face properly. Patients who have had missing teeth for years often look years older than their real age because of the way their faces have started to sag and wrinkle where there are gaps in the smile. Having false teeth fitted as soon as possible after initial tooth loss can help to prevent this happening in later years.