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Our Approach to Covid-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. Since then, the situation has worsened rapidly every day! On March 15, 2020, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario strongly recommended that all non-essential and elective dental services should be suspended immediately. Emergency treatment should continue. The non-essential dental services would include periodic recare like teeth…
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Our Dental Practice Celebrates One Year

Our Dental Practice Continues to Grow! Wow, it has been over a year since I first started my family dental clinic in Burlington in January, 2019! Unlike most other dental offices, my practice is not located in a busy shopping centre or a large medical building complex. It is situated in a cozy house that has been converted into my…
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Let’s talk about implants

Dental implants have been around for many years, way before we can imagine. In ancient times, different materials had been used in the attempt to replace the missing teeth. Gold, silver, shell, porcelain and precious stone etc. were found embedded in the jaw bone to replace the missing teeth. In more modern times, metals like Vitallium, stainless steel, cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, titanium,…
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Halitosis is a fancy name for bad breath

What is Halitosis? Halitosis is a fancy name for bad breath. I, as a family wellness dentist, treat halitosis in my family dental clinic routinely. Besides being an embarrassing phenomenon that affects a lot of the population, it could also affect your social life tremendously. Halitosis can really take a toll on your self-esteem and hinder your confidence while talking…
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Hygiene and Your Health at our Dental Practice

Dental Hygiene is more important now with the onset of the Coronavirus Now more than ever, illness has been on everyone's mind. Specifically, people are talking about the new Coronavirus and the horrific pandemic that is not only lethal, but also very contagious. The World Health Organization has recently declared nCoV as a global health emergency. As a Family, Cosmetic…
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Principles of our Dental Practice

Our dental wellness team at Affinity Dental Care is governed by principles, policy and procedures that are documented in the office manual. Below are the excerpts from the manual of our dental practice: PRINCIPLES OF THE DENTAL PRACTICE To prevent, improve, restore and maintain the oral health of the community that is served by The team at Affinity Dental Care.…
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Whiter Teeth

Everyone’s goal is to have white teeth so that they and their smile can be dazzling. There are actually several safe and easy ways to make your teeth whiter. They can be: Porcelain/lithium disilicate (Emax) veneers Composite resin bonding Crowns with porcelain, Emax, or zirconia Teeth-whitening treatment using whitening gel A study from Penn State University found that people who…