Are You Eligible for Dental Implants? Find Out Today Statistics show more than 50% of adults are insecure about their smiles, and this affects their confidence, their careers, and their relationships. Thankfully, modern dental technology has a multitude of ways people can improve their smiles. One of the questions we get asked most often about [...]
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The Importance (and Value!) of Preventive Oral Health Care Dental care in North America is far from well-attended, with one-fifth of U.S. adults never visiting a dentist unless they have an emergency. Canadians are somewhat better about their oral health, with the Canadian Dental Association reporting that around 85% see a dentist at least once [...]
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How Much Does a Tooth Extraction Cost in Surrey, BC? Getting a tooth extracted is most likely not at the top of your must-do list, but sometimes there are reasons besides wisdom teeth to have an extraction. When that happens, it’s important to have confidence in your dentist’s advice and recommendations, because avoiding the issue is [...]
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Dental implant surgery in Surrey BC is the procedure that dentists use to replace natural tooth roots with metal posts. Artificial teeth are then mounted on the posts to take the place of lost or damaged teeth. These look and function much like natural teeth and offer patients a welcome alternative to dentures or other replacement [...]
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Soft-tissue grafting is when a dental surgeon removes tissue from one part of your mouth and uses it to cover and protect exposed tooth roots. Alternatively, donor tissue can be purchased from a tissue bank. The wound is sealed with a protective tissue covering and left to heal. After a couple of days, this covering might [...]
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Root canal therapy under a microscope involves removing infected tooth pulp from the interior of a tooth. This procedure stops the infection from spreading, which can help you preserve a tooth that may otherwise be doomed to extraction. Performing a root canal procedure under a dental microscope magnifies every aspect of the treatment. This method gives the [...]
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8 Benefits & Disadvantages of Oral Sedation for Dental Procedures Oral sedation for dental procedures is also often referred to as pill sedation. This form of sedation is just one of the three methods dentists use to keep patients calm during treatment. While nitrous oxide is administered in the form of a gas and intravenous (IV) [...]
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How Exciting New Developments in Tooth Implant Technology Impact You The latest developments in tooth implant technology mean if you were turned down for this treatment a few years ago, you should seriously consider revisiting the situation now. Scientists are increasingly working to improve the way products and techniques protect the bone, and these developments were [...]
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What Are the Best Dentures Surrey BC Patients Can Get? Wearing dentures isn’t something anyone dreams about, especially if you had a parent or grandparent who struggled during their senior years with their dentures. While some tooth loss can be unavoidable, the good news is that there are multiple tooth restoration methods you can choose [...]
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Improve Your Confidence and Self-Esteem with Dental Implants The American College of Prosthodontists estimates that approximately 178 million Americans have at least one missing tooth. In Canada, the percentage of the population might be higher or lower, but they are still a significant number. If you’re one of them and the gap affects your confidence [...]
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6 Benefits of All-Porcelain Crowns Dental crowns are caps fitted on the exterior surface of damaged natural teeth. Crowns protect, cover, and restore the shape of individual teeth when fillings don’t solve the problem. A dental crown can be manufactured from metal, porcelain, resin, or ceramics, but all-porcelain crowns are the gold standard for this kind of [...]
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The Importance of Diet and Nutrition for Oral Health Diet and nutrition are major contributors to oral health, and if you look after one it will likely impact the other. The American Dental Association calls this relationship “bidirectional” because just as your diet and nutrition affect the health of the tissues in your mouth, so the [...]
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A dental bone graft is necessary when a patient’s jawbone is either not dense enough or doesn’t have enough volume to support a recommended dental procedure. Bone loss typically occurs when gum disease or the loss of one or more adult teeth causes the bone to be resorted into the body. If you’re considering dental [...]
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There’s lots of advice to be found online about dental implants. Almost everywhere you look these days, someone is recommending either that you get implants, or that you don’t get implants. Many of these recommendations don’t make certain you’re adequately informed about your options and alternatives, including how long dental implants last and the reason [...]
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In Canada, we’re used to going to hospital emergency departments for any urgent medical issues that develop. For dental emergencies, however, it’s best to get to a dentist as soon as possible. It’s not always easy to get an immediate appointment, so it’s helpful to know where to go for urgent dental treatment if you [...]
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It’s a well-known fact among our practitioners at the best dentist in Surrey BC that oral health impacts your overall health. Now, a team of British scientists has turned up evidence that proves there’s a connection between tooth loss and decreasing cognitive abilities. When the team analyzed the results of 14 studies, they discovered that people [...]
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Dental fillings are one of the most basic forms of dentistry, with the earliest evidence of a filling made from beeswax found in a tooth dated 65 centuries old. Since the 19th century, however, dentists have used a mix of tooth fillings containing mercury, tin, silver, and copper that can be softened and placed in the cavity. [...]
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If 18 months of working from home, drinking too much coffee, and not having to dress for success has left you with stained teeth, it’s a good time to invest in teeth whitening before you go out and face society again. Ideally, professional teeth whitening at our dental clinic in Surrey, BC, will give you the [...]
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Maintaining a healthy body weight is a vital factor in overall wellness, but it’s challenging to do when you are forced to eat the wrong types of food. Whatever your reasons for it, if you live on soft, easy-to-chew foods, you’re likely to be getting more carbohydrates, sugary meals, and preserved foods than you should. [...]
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Wisdom teeth are the third and last set of molars that develop at the back of the mouth. They usually erupt at around 18 years old and come in sets of four—two at the top and two at the bottom. The cells that we need to get wisdom teeth are in our jaws at birth, [...]
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