We have had a busy week filled with numerous wisdom teeth extractions.  Wisdom teeth may require extraction not just in teens and young adults, but also well into adulthood, as our teeth are always moving and shifting and they can create unnecessary problems. Most wisdom teeth extractions are straight forward.  A panoramic x-ray will identify […]

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 […]

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 […]

After several months of strict and rigorous training, I have now been licensed to administer the medication necessary to let patients relax to the point of sleeping while receiving their dental care.
Intravenous sedation works quickly to help patients relax and wake up with little of no memory of having undergone dental care and  most […]