Our Services
Preventative Oral Health Care
Preventative care is the key to a healthy smile. Regular check-ups are about more than just keeping your mouth healthy - they help keep your whole body healthy. Your mouth tells us a lot about your body and is related to heart health, brain health, quality of life and overall longevity. And sometimes, it's just about how happy you are with your smile. Whatever it means for you, we'll make sure you smile.!
Paediatric Dentistry
Children are our favourite patients. We go out of our way to make the experience fun and engaging for your little ones. By choosing We Make Smiles, you're doing more than setting your kids up for healthy happy smiles. Its the perfect time to look at how your child's airways, sinuses and jaws are growing in relation to habits like mouth breathing, tongue posture, lip seal and thumb sucking so these habits can be stopped and corrected before any long-term consequences develop. All patients at We Make Smiles are screened for these issues using fun, interactive games, and are included at no extra-cost.
Oral Myology & Mouth Breathing
Our mouth is meant for eating, drinking and talking and our nose is meant for breathing. Mouth breathing may not seem like a big deal - but it is. Mouth breathing reduces the amount of nitric oxide we produce. Nitric oxide:
- reduces blood pressure
- improves blood flow to the organs
- acts as an anti-inflammatory in the arteries
- helps with respiration
- enhances memory and cognition
- protects the skin from ionising radiation
- promotes a healthy digestive tract
- regulates bladder function
If you aren't nose breathing with your lips closed at rest, you should be. Check-ups at We Make Smiles assess your breathing at no extra cost and will work with you to get you breathing through your nose using oral myology and our team of allied health professionals.
Diabetic Dental Care
We Make Smiles is passionate about dental treatment for diabetics. This is because oral health and diabetes are closely related and interlinked. because they share the shame inflammatory mediators which impair glucose control and cause gum disease.
- 93% of people with gum disease are at risk of diabetes
- Uncontrolled gum disease makes it impossible to control blood glucose
- Diabetics with bleeding gums are 400-700% more likely to die prematurely
- Diabetics have poorer healing and are more at risk for complications following dental surgery
When you book a check-up with We Make Smiles, you know we take a whole body approach to dentistry and will work with you to manage your oral health risks around your diabetes
Veteran Liability Claims & Treatment
We Make Smiles recognises and values our Australian Defence Force veterans. We help veterans have damage to their teeth from service recognised by DVA by helping with DVA compensation claims and assessments through Veteran Dental Centre at no fee. Those veteran's most at risk for dental problems include White Card holders who have service-related :
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Depressive Disorder
- Anxiety Disorder
- Alcohol-Use Disorder
- Substance-Use Disorder
Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults & Children
Did you know that about half of all people suffer from sleep apnoea and airway issues without necessarily snoring or knowing they have a problem? Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) affects how the jaw and face grows in children and can present as:
- audible sleeping & snoring
- bed wetting
- night terrors
- ADHD like symptoms
- head craned while sleeping
- behavioural problems at school
SDB in adults tends to look different. - we get tired rather than wired. And it really our affects our health in ways you might not expect:
- depression and anxiety
- kidney disease
- type 2 diabetes
- bone loss
- cognitive decline & dementia
- higher risk of stroke
- loss of vision
- sexual problems
- premature death
All patients at We Make Smiles are routinely screened for airway issues at no extra charge - it's just one more way we make a difference with whole body dentistry.
Women's Dental Needs
Menopause happens to us all. With the change in hormones often comes a change in our bone health with many women suffering from osteopenia or osteoporosis. Some of us can manage our bone health with diet, exercise and Vitamin D but many need hep from special medication called bisphosphates. Bisphosphonates alter the way your bone metabolises which means your bone may not heal should you ever lose a tooth in the future - even if you stop taking your medications. For this reasons, comprehensive dental care for women at perimenopause is essential. We Make Smiles will assess your risk for any future tooth loss and work with your GP prior to commencing medications to make sure you are as safe as possible - just another way we practice whole body dentistry.
Jaw Pain & Jaw-Related Headaches
Jaw pain (also known as TMD) in its most severe form is debilitating. Chronic suffers deal with daily jaw pain, headaches, face pain, ear pain and neck pain. TMD is a special interest area of We Make Smiles. Unlike many dentists, we know and understand that the solution to chronic TMD pain is not to make a splint and leave it there. We take a following international diagnostic standards and using laser technology to alleviate pain. We work with a team of other fields including osteopaths, chiropractors, physiotherapists, sleep physicians, dietitians, ENTs and maxillofacial surgeons to get you as close to pain-free as possible. If you suffer from TMD, book a comprehensive jaw examination and find out for yourself how different We Make Smiles is when it comes to treating jaw pain.
Laser Dentistry & Photobiomodulation
Lasers in dentistry can be used to treat a number of things including:
- Dental Caries
- Gum Disease
- Gummy Smiles
- Discoloured Teeth
- Tooth Sensitivity
- Impacted Teeth
- Tooth Extractions
- Jaw pain (TMD)
We Make Smiles is trained in the safe and effective use of lasers for dental treatment and is proud to offer this service as part of our whole body dentistry concept.
Cosmetic Dentistry & Tooth Whitening
We Make Smiles prides ourselves in helping you get the smile you want. We offer a range of whitening treatments including:
- custom take-home whitening trays
- in-chair whitening
- enamel microabrasion
- veneers and crowns
See our education page for more information on enamel microabrasion. Its the perfect solution to even out blotchy teeth and white spots from fluorosis, hypomineralisation and post-orthodontic treatment.
Implants & Missing Teeth Solutions
Missing teeth are more than just an aeshetic problem. Missing teeth can impact your self-esteem, self-confidence, ability to eat, chew, smile and speak. They can also cause problems in your jaw or cause your remaining teeth to move around and interfere with the way you bite. We Make Smiles offers a range of solutions for missing teeth including:
- Implants
- Implant-supported dentures
- Implant-supported bridges
- Traditional Bridges
- Traditional Dentures
We will work with you to find the solution that best meets your functional and aesthetic needs and keep you at your very best.
Emergency Care & Oral Surgery
All teeth are different and accidents happen. We Make Smiles offers compassionate emergency dental care to our current and new patients. After hours service is available by calling our staff on 1300 887 895. Because life doesn't stick to a 9-5 working week.