Do you know when you should take your child to the dentist for the first time? Many dentists recommend that you take your child to the dentist within 6 months of the first teeth showing up in the baby's mouth. But did you know that how healthy a parent's mouths is can affect how healthy the child's teeth are? Yes! Obviously, we want parents to develop healthy dental habits so they can have healthy mouths and teeth themselves, but it also sets an example for the kids! And.....

So I know I spend most of my time talking about Prosthodontics, because....well nobody knows what we are and what we do. But..... Did you know that we also do general dentistry at the office? Before becoming a certified specialist in prosthodontics, I completed a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Columbia University in New York, and I hold registration in BC as both a specialist and as a general dentist. At our office we do spend most of our time focusing on prosthodontics a

What is the deal with metal fillings? Are they bad for you? What about plastic ones? Do they not last as long as metal fillings? These questions are often asked by dentists and patients alike, and to be honest, the information that we have available to us is quite difficult to analyze. To understand the data, we need to first know a bit of background. First of all tooth decay has to be diagnosed for a tooth, which is what most people call a "cavity". The dentist then drills a

I always encourage people to get second opinions when it comes to dentistry, and people often contact our office for this reason. Sometimes......we get phone calls where they want to send in some radiographs (x-rays) for me to look at....... without coming in for an exam. But....we do insist on a proper consultation appointment at my office along with a comprehensive dental examination because "cavities" are much more complicated than they seem. What is a cavity and what caus

Have you seen videos or read articles where people claim that they have been able to "fix their cavities" at home with some sort of DIY fix? Well....this is highly unlikely..... A "cavity" is a hole in the outer layer of the tooth; the enamel. Quite often, even without a visible hole in the tooth, when we open it up, we find extensive tooth decay, which is areas of dead tooth. The outer layer of the tooth, the enamel, is made by cells (ameloblasts) which are only present duri

Wow! It has been a mega long time since I have sat down and blogged away! I have to blame the beautiful weather that we have been having. This is the first cloudy weekend we have had in weeks and when it is sunny, the last thing I want to be doing is reading and writing nerdy dental stuff. But it is a cloudy Saturday so I may as well write something. Last week a patient of mine presented to the office for his cleaning appointment and finally after various visits of my informi