Did you know that color matching teeth is one of the most challenging tasks in esthetic dentistry?   Tooth color is a complex combination of many factors, including enamel, dentin, and light reflecting through the tooth.  Enamel absorbs and reflects light.  The hues vary among patients and according to age.  Young teeth are thicker and present […]

I have recently returned from one of the best continuing education courses that I have ever taken in my whole career!
Last month I spent one whole week in Southern Brazil in the city of Curitiba.  In Curitiba there is the Fahl Center, a  learning institute named after its founder; Dr. Newton Fahl.
In this center, I and seven other dentists from […]

 
OK, you know you should visit your dentist at least every 6 months for dental cleaning and checkups.  You should brush your teeth after every meal and floss once daily.  Here are a few more things you need to know.
     Limit between meal snacking – especially sugar and acid based food.
     When you brush, brush […]

Growing up, I always had difficulties with oral hygiene.  Poor eating and brushing habits quickly took their toll as cavities continually plaqued my mouth.  Many visits to the dentist slowly developed a fear of needles and oral pain.  By high school I was too terrified to visit the dentist at all.  Within a few years […]

Today, in our practice we have more adult patients undergoing orthodontic treatment than ever before.  There are several reasons for this.  Patients are realizing that you can wear braces at any age.  People now expect to keep their teeth for a lifetime, so they want to enjoy the benefits of great looking teeth.  Baby boomers, […]

It was a week of sweltering heat in T.O.  Thank goodness for a.c.  It was a sizzling hot week in our office too. We had several large cases that required various forms of sedation.  For example, we did beautiful Cerec crowns on a very nervous patient with general anaesthetic, she wanted to be completely asleep and then […]