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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…

The biting surfaces of our back teeth are not flat but full of deep pits, fissures, crevices and grooves. Those very fine nooks and crannies are not accessible by brushing and flossing. So those vulnerable areas of the teeth can trap food debris and plaque that can develop into cavities eventually. Then a filling, an inlay, an onlay or a…

Most people brush their teeth daily since they were old enough to do so. On the other hand, flossing is not being done daily, like brushing by most people, even though their dentists and hygienists have advocated daily flossing. Scientific evidence has long established that brushing your teeth is crucial for fighting cavities and gum disease. Seventy percent of Americans…

Cost Effective Treatment for Full-arch Fixed Implant bridge I have mentioned a case in my previous blog on Medical Tourism. I am going to talk about how I provided wellness or wholistic dentistry (not holistic, please see my other previous blog about it) without costing my patient an arm and a leg. She had 4 implants done to her lower jaw…