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No dental office can say that it has the best dentist in Barrie. Being the “best” is more often a subjective opinion, and truthfully this depends on human interaction as well as clinical acumen. Our goal is to provide the best dentistry that we can offer, and this means relying on the best evidence available…
We’ve all done it, or known somebody who has done it. Waited for a problem to get worse and worse, or become painful, before doing something about it. Whether it’s a hole in a tooth, loosening of teeth, or maybe even noises in the jaw joints, it’s important to get things addressed before they hurt….
When making any purchasing decision, such as buying clothes or cars, it’s nice to be able to try something on, or at least see what you’re getting before you actually pay for it. We encounter a few problems in dentistry: People generally don’t know how good teeth can be made to look. People generally don’t…
This post addresses a very common situation and question that we encounter in daily practice: the root canal. What is it? And what is involved? First off, we should talk about a normal tooth. When forming, teeth form from the outside in (roughly), and at the end of the formation phase, a space at the…
It’s been written here several times (here and here) on this site that the best dentistry is comprehensive dentistry, and it’s a concept that bears repeating over and over again. We live in an age where goods are cheap, but we also complain that things are not made to be as durable as they used…
If you’ve been reading through our posts or our Facebook page, you will see a number cases posted where teeth are surrounded by a blue background. In fact, most of the cases you will see in progress have this same blue blackground. Why? It’s certainly not for the sake of better photography (although it definitely…
What is root surface caries? Why does this topic merit its own post? How does it concern you? Root surface caries is decay at the exposed roots of teeth. This is an increasingly relevant problem in Canada as it is a dental problem increasingly seen in an aging population. For several reasons, recession of the…
One of our guiding principles is that there is no tooth better than natural tooth. We try to conserve as much original tooth as reasonable when things like decay occur, but when there is trauma and the original tooth is broken, we’ve got to try and repair it with something that will hopefully last. Nothing…
Here’s a recent case completed in our office: this patient’s upper right lateral incisor (the second from the middle) was yellow due to discolouration of an old filling. Not only was the colour unsatisfactory, but the shine on the surface of the filling had also dulled. Our goal: improve the appearance of the tooth and…
Here’s a pretty routine filling done on a tooth due to the obvious fracture and decay underneath a filling. After removal of the filling, a surprising amount of decay was found. This was likely the cause of the cold sensitivity reported. The decay was deep, but fortunately did not extend to the pulp of the…
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