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For too long, the root canal has been the victim of a decades-old smear campaign. It’s one of the procedures patients dread the most, but it’s also one of the most important and – surprise! – it’s less painful than the pain caused by the bad tooth in the first place. It’s time to give…
There’s twenty-four hours to go until your dental appointment, and you’re already feeling nervous. Maybe your hands are shaking, or your stomach is turning. Visiting a dentist at least once every six months is essential for your oral health, but what options do you have when the very idea of walking into an office makes…
From an early age, we all learn the importance of brushing and flossing. However, despite our best efforts, our teeth can put up a good fight. Some teeth have such deep crevices and grooves that it’s almost inevitable that food will get stuck – and when it does, it can quickly turn into a cavity….
The allure was strong: place a dental bridge without having to shave down a substantial amount of tooth structure like a conventional bridge. Bond that thing in and you have a tooth where there was none before! This type of bridge was developed at the University of Maryland in the early 1980’s (although provenance is…
We at Dr. Elston Wong Dentistry are proud to introduce the awesome Velscope VX, a handheld light that allows users to detect changes in oral skin tissue way before such changes may be detectable to the naked eye. It is useful as an oral cancer screening tool (and other dysplastic epithelium) and has even won…
“My dentist told me I grind my teeth” is a common phrase overheard with the subtext “but I don’t think I do”. So why are you wearing night guards? If you know that you are a tooth grinder, and you have been tested and are free of sleep apnea, by all means wear your night…
Dental procrastination comes with many reasons, but if it is because one is just nervous, we have a few solutions that may help. If you find yourself just too nervous to come to the dentist, one of these may be the answer: 1) nitrous oxide sedation (laughing gas): yes, it really does work! – this…
When people complain about the cost of dental treatment, there is often one factor that has not been considered: barring accidents, almost all dental problems could have been prevented. For one reason or another, steps were not taken to prevent the problems, and they were allowed to progress until they became expensive to fix. This…
Have crooked front teeth but don’t want braces? The MTM (minor tooth movement) solution has arrived at Dr. Elston Wong’s Barrie dental office! If you have been spending time looking at some mild spacing , mild crowding, rotations or just uneven front teeth, MTM clear aligners can be a simple, cost-effective and braces-free way to…
If you are looking for affordable dentistry in the form of lower fees, this article is not for you. At Dr. Elston Wong Dentistry, we basically adhere to the current year fees from the Ontario Dental Association Fee Guide. However, there are definite ways to make dentistry affordable, which become more important as one’s dental…
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