Do you suffer from bleeding, swollen, sore gums?  Are you embarrassed by bad breath and an awful taste in your mouth even after you’ve brushed? Are you tired of your dentist and dental hygienist lecturing you that your oral hygiene is not up to par even though you are brushing twice a day?  The mouth is the […]

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 […]

 
So, 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 at least once daily.  Here are a few more things you need to know.
     Limit between meal snacking – especially sugar and acid based food.
     When you […]

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, […]

I have just returned from Seattle, Washington where I attended a phenomenal updating symposium at the Kois Center for Dental Excellence.  As a graduate of the post grad program mini-residency, I am invited (along with over 200 other dentists world wide) to attend the annual update symposium for the purposes of reviewing and evaluating the practical […]

If you’re a patient of ours and you have an email address then I’m sure you are familiar with Smile Reminder, our on line appointment reminder system.  Many of our patients have expressed how much they appreciate the email and text reminders telling them of their upcoming appointments.  Missed appointments are frustrating to everyone and […]