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At BDC we always make the health and well being of of staff and patients our number one priority.

Facial aesthetics treatments such as Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are excellent complementary treatments to dentistry and we are delighted to offer both at Blairgowrie Dental Care.

Are you ready for Fizz Free February? Fizz Free February has arrived at Blairgowrie Dental Care for the first time, can you join us and make the pledge to #gofizzfree?

Take a look at our Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter to catch up with everything we have been doing over the last few months...

We were delighted to join up with the Firefighters from Blairgowrie Fire Station to help them with their charity car wash at Blairgowrie Tesco

We are delighted to announce that BDC have achieved the BDA Good Practice award for a fantastic 8th year in a row!! Learn more in our latest blog...

April is Autism Awareness Month and it prompted us to have a look at how we could make our practice more welcoming to children on the autistic spectrum.

BDC's charity of 2016 was The Archie Foundation Tayside and we have had a great time raising money for it. We totalled up our donations and are delighted to have raised a whopping £1444! Read the blog to learn how

We had a fabulous evening of curling tuition at Fofar ice Rink.

Christmas snacks don't have to all be sweeties and cakes, try making our festive fruity snacks with your kids. They'll have fun and also be eating healthily.

Dentist and Chemist Festive Opening Times

Halloween is not traditionally a dentists favourite celebration.... all those chewy sweets and sticky toffee apples send a shiver down my spine! However with a bit of imagination and creative thinking you can turn a healthy menu into a ghoulish feas

There was a lot of discussion about flossing your teeth last week following an investigation by Associated Press in America where they stated that there is no evidence that flossing your teeth provides a health benefit. So..... has this sent shockwav

We all dressed up as our favourite Toy Story characters to raise money for The Archie Foundation and their appeal to build a new children's operating theatre at Ninewells hospital, Dundee.

Sam and Grace joined our practice today as a break from the rigours of Primary 6 but we put them through their paces....

Blairgowrie Dental Care's chosen charity for 2016 is 'The Archie Foundation' who are a local charity based in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. They are trying to raise 2 million pounds to fund a new children's operating theatre at the Tayside Children's H

Learn how to self check for mouth cancer, it could just save your life....

You would be forgiven in thinking that a dentist’s working day is spent working alone at a dental chair with only his/her dental floss as company. In reality it is quite the opposite… I am delighted to have been asked by ‘Discover Blairgowrie�

Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day but it can be difficult to make a healthy AND tasty breakfast. Here are a few tips...

The title of this blog is a phrase you may here from time to time. It is pretty accurate because to my mind there a very few things that could be worse than actually being kicked in the teeth. For that reason, this blog will focus on mouth guards.

One of BDC's principle dentists, Stewart McLean, recently embarked upon a charity expedition to climb Mont Blanc and here is how he got on....

In this modern day, we are bombarded with adverts about our oral health and it can be confusing. In this blog BDC dentist Pete Ovenstone explains what to look for when buying toothpaste.

We have recently had several patients approach our staff concerned about tooth whitening that is being offered in the local area by people with no dental training. Read on to find out more....

Professional tooth whitening is an effective and safe way to achieve a whiter smile whilst retaining your own healthy, natural teeth. In this blog we are answering common questions we are asked regarding tooth whitening.

Easter is a tough celebration for kids teeth… but with a bit of preparation and enthusiasm it can be both fun and tooth kind.

Dentists are over the moon about the current upsurge in concern about the dangers of sugar. We have warning our patients about the evils of sugar since 1890 when the link between sugar and tooth decay was first proven.

Today is No Smoking Day with smokers up and down the country being encouraged to give up cigarettes for good. We would like to join this call and also congratulate everyone who has already given up! This blog will explain why dentists are so keen for

Happy Burns night! Our favourite Burns poem has to be 'Address to the Toothache' read on to see our fabulous dental team recite it.

Several of the staff at Blairgowrie dental care have volunteered to take part in the “Dry January” alcohol awareness campaign run by Alcohol Concern.

Christmas and New Year 2014/15 Opening Times for BDC and Local Pharmacies

Our friends at Kirriemuir Dental Practice challenged us to make the Best 'Glove' Christmas Tree .....

It has now been 2 months since our dental hygiene therapist Jo shepherd returned from two weeks in Uganda volunteering with the charity Dentaid. Read her inspiring story...

Join Malcolm the mirror on his journey through our instrument decontamination process.