

Dr. David Alfaro
- Feb 5, 2016
- 4 min
Deconstructing Dogmas
Nerd Alert!!!! This is going to be extremely academic and boring, even for people in the dental profession!! Dentistry is historically full of concepts that have been passed down from teacher to student in a kind of folkloric tradition. Bennett movement. Ante's law. Posselt's envelope. Hinge axis rotation. Hanau's quint. The list could go on and on. Dogmas. As a dental student, I didn't really look deeply into how these concepts originated. I just believed them to be true bec


Dr. David Alfaro
- Nov 9, 2015
- 7 min
Are dental implants "permanent" and "painless"?
"We specialize in making dental implants a painless & stress-free experience....." "Our doctors use the latest techniques and technologies to give you your new permanent teeth....." "Teeth in one day is the perfect solution...." I could go on and on and on and on...... These are just a few examples of statements that I see everyday in dental advertisements and websites for local dental clinics right here in Vancouver. I know that as a dentist myself, the big brother tools tha