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After implementing laser dentistry in my practice earlier this year, I had the privilege of doing a few procedures that I normally would not do or would not be able to do – mainly for the fear of haemorrhaging during and after the procedures, the complexity of the techniques with conventional methods, less predictable results and severity of post-operative pain…

During this unprecedented time in history, social distancing and non-contact are the norms for our daily lives. The regular visits to your dental clinics are also affected by this new normal. Teledentistry, a concept turned into reality in some aspects of dentistry. For example, dentists can do the initial dental consultation, triage the severity of the problem, and assess the…

Affinity Dental Care Thanks YOU We, Dr. Kenneth Wong, Josie, Jovina and Natalia, as a Burlington wellness-based family dental practice, would like to express our huge gratitude to our patients who have trusted us for their dental care in the past year. We have grown in the number of patients who choose us as their family dentist, and a big…

There are many forms of tourism…but here I am going to talk about is dental tourism. Dental tourism is a kind of medical tourism which can be loosely defined as someone who travels outside the country of residence to another country for dental treatment. In the past, the medical/dental tourism often referred to those who travelled from less-developed countries to…

In my last blog, I explored the relationship between people who have poor oral health and the severity of the symptoms associated COVID-19 disease. The positive relationship would suggest patients should continue to visit their dentists and hygienists for teeth cleaning, scaling and examination during this unusually worrisome period of time. Safety for patients, staff and treatment providers during your…

It has been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world. People got infected, some were asymptomatic, most became sick but recovered from the disease. But some recovered with long-lasting morbidities. Sadly over 2% of the people who contracted the disease died. During this time, we have learned some patterns about the disease: we have seen that the…

Wellness-based dentistry is rather a philosophy, than a discipline or specialty. It encompasses the practice of family, cosmetic, children, implant, gum-disease and any other fields of dentistry. The proficiency in delivering wellness dentistry bases on how much the practicing dentists 1) know about the body and the diseases that can be expressed in the head and neck areas, and vice…

Dental Crowns Part II In my last blog I was presenting about crowns (or caps). At the end of the last blog, I mentioned about the four major types of dental crowns: Gold alloys – These crowns are made with a mix of gold, copper, palladium, platinum, and silver etc. They are strong, nor do they crack or chip. They…

Since I graduated from dental school at the University of Toronto in 1990, I have provided comprehensive treatments to my patients. As a general family dentist, who also wants to deliver some of the advanced therapies by dental specialists, I like to broaden my knowledge and ability to provide different types of advanced treatments that are both evidence-based and proven.…

What are Dental Crowns? A dental crown (also known as a cap) is a strong unistructure that is man-made but has the natural shape and anatomy of the tooth of which it is covering. It is usually cemented with dental cement or bonded with composite resin material. Because it is fixed onto a tooth, the crowned tooth will feel and…