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Giving someone Roger Federer's racquet will not make that person Roger Federer. Nor will giving someone Wayne Gretzky's equipment make that person play as well as The Great One. We've all seen advertisements from all sorts of businesses, dental and non-dental, promoting themselves as having "state of the art" equipment of one sort or another. While... READ MORE
February 24, 2013
We're noticing that more and more people wish they could do something about their gummy smiles, or gumlines that are uneven. This seems to be a hot topic, and makes us pleased that more and more people are paying attention to more than just their teeth. The secret's out: the look of a smile depends... READ MORE
February 3, 2013
It's a new and hopefully happy new year for everyone, and for many, it is a year of new dental benefits! First of all, we will NOT be on the bandwagon of offices who say "Great! Let's use up those benefits!" As we have stated many times before, dental needs are determined by your teeth, and... READ MORE
January 5, 2013
Best wishes for a happy new year everyone! May you and your family enjoy health and prosperity for 2013! Elston... READ MORE
January 1, 2013
This ain't your 1950's dentistry anymore, and you're not in Kansas. Welcome to modern day dentistry, and it is everything that you hope dentistry can be. In fact, what dentistry can do would probably blow your mind, and it can all be done in Barrie! Dentistry has evolved from basically a technical exercise with relatively few... READ MORE
November 19, 2012
This ain't your 1950's dentistry anymore, and you're not in Kansas. Welcome to modern day dentistry, and it is everything that you hope dentistry can be. In fact, what dentistry can do would probably blow your mind, and it can all be done in Barrie! Dentistry has evolved from basically a technical exercise with relatively few... READ MORE
For various reasons, some people suffer from some sort of anxiety when coming to their dentist. For these people, the anxiety can sometimes be so overwhelming that they avoid going at all. If you've had that problem, or you would like your dental visits to be more pleasant, sedation can often provide the relief that you... READ MORE
November 5, 2012
This column will address a daily pet peeve of ours: the role of dental insurance. And while the answer to the question "Who owns your teeth?" may seem self-evident (literally), we regularly see behaviour that would suggest otherwise. Let's do a thought experiment to illustrate the deleterious effects of dental insurance on mouths. Yep, we... READ MORE
October 10, 2012
This blog usually contains information about things either concerning dental topics, or more recently, interesting things that our dental patients are doing. This post, is absolutely frought with conflict of interest, so I will issue full disclosure right now: Dr. Mei-Ling Chan is my wife, so I basically have no choice but to promote her new... READ MORE
September 23, 2012
Dental implants! You see the advertisements more and more widely, but are they all they are cracked up to be? In a word, yes. As we've said before, there is nothing as good as natural teeth, but implants are the most lifelike replacement tooth we have. Read on, and at the end we have some... READ MORE
September 20, 2012
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