Dental Crown and Bridge Part 1
What is a dental crown? A dental crown is a tooth-shaped ‘cap’ that is placed over a tooth to cover the tooth to restore its shape, size, strength and at..
Type of Dental Fillings
When it comes to dental fillings, their purpose is to eradicate the decayed and infected parts of a tooth and subsequently restore its full function and appearance. That said, fillings fall..
Wisdom Tooth Removal
Why does my wisdom tooth cause me pain? Part of the tooth may be covered by a flap of gum. Bits of food and bacteria can get trapped under the..
Wisdom Teeth 101
As a teenager, I often hear stories about how painful it is when the wisdom teeth grow in, creeping inside your jaws until one day, they decide to come out..
Eruption Sequence of the Permanent Teeth
Between the ages of about six months and three years, you watched as your child got all of his primary teeth. Starting around the age of five or six, those..
Your Child’s Teething Timeline
There is a wide range of variability of when a first tooth may appear—some babies may not have any teeth by their first birthday! Around 3 months of age, babies..
What are rubber dams and why do dentists use them?
What are rubber dams? Rubber dams are small sheets of latex that dentists use while performing selected dental procedures. Imagine a surgery in the operating theatre, you’d see the patient..