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Do I Really Need Dental Crowns?

What is a dental crown? Do I really need a crown? How long do dental crowns last? Are there ever dental crown problems? How to

Picture of kids, posing with a beautiful smile

All about Invisalign

In 1997, Zia Chishti was just like any other adult dealing with misaligned teeth. He was fitted with an inconvenient metal retainer that looked awful

Dentist assistant showing misaligned teeth to a patient

The 3Shape TRIOS Dental Intraoral Scanner: Making an Excellent First Impression

For the past year Yonge Eglinton Dental has been using the 3Shape TRIOS dental intraoral scanner. It makes taking dental impressions quicker, more comfortable and

What smiling says about you: the unhappy smiles

When we see someone smiling, we reflexively assume a state of happiness. However, of the 19 smiles humans make, only six of them indicate joy.

Why smiling is contagious

Smiling isn’t so much contagious as it is an involuntary reaction known as mirroring — the act of matching a person’s facial expression. Adrienne Wood,

A Sinus Infection and Tooth Pain

Spring time is sinus infection season for a few reasons. The most common culprit is the return of allergy season. If you’re a sufferer, you’re

Teeth Whitening Pros and Cons

Teeth whitening has quickly grown into one of our most popular services – especially around this time of year when folks are coming in for

Don’t mind the gap or diastema

A gap between your two front teeth (what we in the dental field call a diastema) isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you brush, floss

Nitrous Oxide — What it is and why we use it.

Nitrous Oxide (known as laughing gas in some circles and N2O in others) is a colourless, non-flammable, slightly sweet-smelling gas. It’s also on the World

Bad Bites or Malocclusion

Malocclusion. It’s the fancy term we use to refer to when your upper and lower teeth don’t quite fit together correctly. In other words: a

A First Impression Starts with a Smile

September’s the unofficial beginning of a new year (officially in the Jewish calendar), and that means new beginnings, which often means meeting new people and

The Psychology of Smiles

Some say that the eyes are the window to the soul, but they’re not alone in that job. Your smile can actually affect your own