To understand the importance of sterilization techniques, it may be useful to go back about a hundred and fifty years. The story we are going to tell is not pleasant, though it does lead to … Read More
Foods That Stain Your Teeth
Everyone wants to have a healthy looking smile but that doesn’t necessarily mean having blinding white teeth. There are a lot of aesthetic considerations that go into teeth whitening and overdoing it can throw off … Read More
Why Do Teeth Turn Yellow?
I’ve heard it said that we’re beginning to live in an age of aesthetics. A perfect storm of different factors, from the instant access of social media to the omnipresence of cameras has brought about … Read More
How Often Should You Change Your Toothbrush?
Dentistry is filled with a number of great mysteries: How effective is mouthwash, really? Do I have to floss once a day? Do wisdom teeth really make me wiser? Okay, so most of these mysteries … Read More
How to Care for Your Teeth While Using Invisalign
Invisalign is an orthodontic system that uses transparent aligners in order to straighten your teeth. The system is great for a lot of folks; minor to moderate orthodontic corrections can be completed with Invisalign and … Read More
The Do’s and Don’ts of Mouthwash
Mouthwash has become a part of the oral health care routine for many Canadians. Rinsing your mouth with mouthwash seems relatively straightforward, but like with any other health care practice, mistakes can be made. The … Read More
How to choose the right toothpaste for your teeth
9 out of 10 dentists recommend…every toothpaste on the market. It’s baffling that toothpaste producers continue to use the same marketing strategy when it’s basically a meme at this point, but you might ask yourself: … Read More
The Most Common Myths About Flossing, Part 1
Every profession has its share of myths to deal with. People love stories, and they love challenging conventional wisdom, especially if doing so means they don’t have to do something they didn’t want to do … Read More
Oral Health and General Health
Our bodies are extraordinarily complex; a number of mind-boggling systems within them are constantly interacting, changing how we feel, how we act, how much energy we have, and much more. We’re still uncovering new and … Read More
The Difference Between Toothpastes
Barry Schwartz, a popular American psychology, describes a phenomenon that he calls the Paradox of Choice. The paradox boils down to quite a simple, but somewhat surprising, concept: when you have too many different options, … Read More
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