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If our patients step through the front door, we are hoping that they are seeking serious consideration and the best dental advice that we can give. We hope our love for dentistry shows through our enthusiasm and continuous change. First, a little anecdote from Dr. Wong’s earlier practice life as associate dentist in Saint John,…
Patients in the Barrie, Ontario area are fortunate to have access to a great cavity- preventing measure for their teeth! This is hugely important, because despite their best efforts, there are just some people who continue to get cavities. Enter Prevora… Prevora is a medication that was developed in large part in Canada, and is…
Patient: How much to have this tooth pulled?Dentist: $200.Patient: $200 for just a few minutes of work?Dentist: I can extract it very slowly, if you like.General dentistry in Barrie, Ontario has no excuse not to be excellent – there is too much science, continuing education, technology, specialist support and laboratory resources that it is hard…
Great! You got dental insurance! Now your dental dreams can be realized! Little do people know, but dental insurance can often be someone’s worst enemy in the pursuit of oral health. Explain how, you implore: how could the prospect of having someone else reimburse you for your dental work possibly be a bad thing? Isn’t a job with dental…
Need a Barrie emergency dentist? See this post on dental emergencies. Not a weekend goes by where we do not get a call to our emergency dentist number (705.733.0880) asking for help with a toothache or some other oral pain. Toothaches happen. We get it. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! Read on for…
In a previous post, we gave you an overall idea of our approach to a complete oral exam, and how it is conceptually broken down into four diagnostic categories: dental (teeth only), periodontal (gums), functional (TMJ/jaw joints and the bite), and aesthetic (the appearance of the teeth). In this post, we will review the periodontal diagnosis….
Despite what we know about dental decay, how it starts, how it progresses and how it can be treated, the most important aspect is still its prevention. Once dental decay, or caries, progresses beyond a certain point, the tooth structure is irreversibly lost. If a tooth needs to be filled (or even removed), any replacement for…
While many of us have had dental fillings, we seldom get to see them being done. Many a parent has commented about not knowing what work actually goes into placing a filling, until they watch his/her child having it done! We’ve written about fillings before, here, here and here, and this case is a pretty…
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