Author: Kenneth Wong

My last blog talked about the many dental specialties and their focuses. Conventional allopathic institutes like the American Dental Association and the National Examination Board of Canada do not recognize homeopathic, holistic dentists and biological dentists. However, numerous organizations and institutes promote and provide courses and certifications through continuing education focusing on their unique interests and philosophies. So what is…

A Rubber Dam, or a dental dam, is a thin square sheet of non-latex rubber used to isolate the operative site from the rest of the mouth. The teeth to be operated on are isolated through the dam's holes. In my Affinity Dental Care practice, I use rubber dams in all my restorative procedures, like white fillings, crowns, bridges, and root…

Like all general and family dental clinics, Affinity Dental Care provides comprehensive dental treatments to patients and their families, the needed fillings, veneers, crowns, bridges, dentures, teeth whitening, implants, scaling, gum disease therapy, scaling, root planning, gum or bone graft, extraction, root canal treatment, orthodontics and cosmetic treatments. One thing that makes us stand out is our holistic approach to…

Severe Dental Issues About a year ago, I had the pleasure of seeing a patient who presented me with severe dental issues like gross decay in almost all his teeth with advanced periodontal disease. He came to my office asking me to remove all his teeth and replace them with dentures. He was also interested in getting a few implants…

Toothaches and Treatment of Dental Pain So you see a dentist to try to resolve the pain. In most cases, your dentist can diagnose the pain's source as the tooth. However, toothaches can be caused by a distant source far away from the tooth that you are feeling pain. A good history taking of the pain and a thorough clinical…

Myofunctional Therapy and Myobrace are treatments that use silicone based oral appliances in effort to fix bad oral habits. As a wholistic and holistic dentist, I believe in treating the causes rather than just the symptoms. For example, if a patient has a lot of cavities, a good dentist should not just fill the decay and not look at the…

Dental Family Practices Owned by Corporate Dentistry The landscape of corporate dentistry has changed a lot since I graduated in 1990. Back then, there were not a lot of dentists and, equally, dental offices. Dentists practicing were mostly graduates from Canadian dental schools. The situation has changed significantly as more foreign-trained dentists have been allowed to practise in Ontario, compounded…

Achieving the Perfect Smile When it comes to achieving the perfect smile, there can be a broad definition and perception of smiles. Each of us has a different genetic makeup that delineates our races. We also have diverse cultures, backgrounds, previous encounters, perceptions and preferences called taste. While the answer to the question of an ideal smile varies with tastes,…