Did you know that more than 5 million teeth are injured or knocked out (or what we in the dental community refer to as tooth…
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Pickle Barrel: The emporium next door
If you’ve never been to the Pickle Barrel, you don’t know what “choice overload” is. You’ll never in your life see a bigger, more diverse…
The smile: why do we do it and what does it mean?
As dentists, we understand the importance of a smile. While our patients want healthy mouths, this is not what they are typically thinking about every…
Five reasons to live at Yonge and Eglinton
Toronto’s immigrant population grew 24.8% from 2,032,960 in 2001 to 2,537,405 in 2011. Since then it’s continued to grow, and every neighbourhood is benefiting from…
British teeth aren’t as bad as you think
Crooked smiles and gangly teeth. When you think of British teeth, that’s what you think of. Or, at least, that’s what popular culture thinks of.…
Caring For Oral Piercings
Self-expression can be an interesting thing, especially when it comes to oral piercings. It used to be just ears and a few noses. But today,…
Yonge and Eglinton needs a Harvey’s
People who live around Yonge and Eglinton love the neighborhood because it is completely self-contained. From Sporting Life to Eglinton, you can pretty much get…
Mouthwash questions answered
We talk a lot on this blog about the benefits of brushing and flossing. And while mouthwash doesn’t replace brushing or flossing, it can be…
Beer and Teeth
Yup, the traditional green beer’s back tonight in the bars up and down the strip. And with St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Friday, it…
New Year, New Yonge Eglinton Dental Makeover!
If you’ve visited us for an appointment this winter, you may have noticed that Yonge Eglinton Dental is getting a makeover! We’re completely renovating our…
The Eglinton Crosstown – It’ll be so much easier to get here.
We have patients all over north Toronto from Etobicoke to Scarborough. So when we got wind of the plans to build an Eglinton Crosstown or LRT,…
Cold or flu and tooth pain
A stuffy nose and sore throat that accompany a cold or flu are bad enough. Toss in tooth pain and it’s enough to make you…
Heart Disease – do right by your mouth, do right by your heart.
As Valentine’s Day approaches, and since February is Heart & Stroke month, we thought we’d take a look at the link between oral health and…
Staying warm at Yonge and Eglinton
We all know Yonge and Eglinton as one of the best walking strips in the city. But when it is –40˚ without the windchill, a…
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…
Tooth Brushing – The Easiest New Year’s Resolution You’ll Ever Make
We all start the year with lofty goals, and we should. As famous adman Leo Burnett once said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you…