Amongst the arsenal of dental cosmetic treatments available to us in Barrie, few offer such dramatic changes in such a short time as dental microabrasion.  This is a great treatment for brown or white stains on teeth that arose as a result of some sort of enamel formation defect (tech

Giving someone Roger Federer’s racquet will not make that person Roger Federer.  Nor will giving someone Wayne Gretzky’s equipment make that person play as well as The Great One.   We’ve all seen advertisements from all sorts of businesses, dental and non-dental

We’re noticing that more and more people wish they could do something about their gummy smiles, or gumlines that are uneven.  This seems to be a hot topic, and makes us pleased that more and more people are paying attention to more than just their teeth.  The secret’s out:

It’s a new and hopefully happy new year for everyone, and for many, it is a year of new dental benefits! First of all, we will NOT be on the bandwagon of offices who say “Great!  Let’s use up those benefits!”  As we have stated many times before, dental needs a

For various reasons, some people suffer from some sort of anxiety when coming to their dentist.  For these people, the anxiety can sometimes be so overwhelming that they avoid going at all. If you’ve had that problem, or you would like your dental visits to be more pleasant, sed

This column will address a daily pet peeve of ours: the role of dental insurance.  And while the answer to the question “Who owns your teeth?” may seem self-evident (literally), we regularly see behaviour that would suggest otherwise.  Let’s do a thought experiment t

Dental implants!  You see the advertisements more and more widely, but are they all they are cracked up to be?  In a word, yes.  As we’ve said before, there is nothing as good as natural teeth, but implants are the most lifelike replacement tooth we have.  Read on, and at the en

Early orthodontic treatment can begin when a child is as young as seven years old, coming in many treatment options like early forms of braces, skeletal anchorage devices and aligners. The goal of early orthodontic treatment is to improve, prevent or correct early orthodontic concerns

One of the more commonly-known oral surgery procedures is wisdom tooth extraction. hird molars, or wisdom teeth, are the final teeth to grow, and will usually emerge by thetime the patient is between the ages of 18 to 24. Some patients will experience little to no discomfort during th

Awesomely cheesy 80′s Listerine commercials aside, this post begins our foray into gum issues.  Up till now, our blog posts have largely centered on teeth – for instance, issues such as tooth decay, root canals, fillings, and dental crowns.  In a later posting, we will be