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How Your Dentist Can Help Detect Sleep Apnea
There are many signs of sleep apnea to watch out for Untreated sleep apnea can lead to serious health issues Your dentist can help detect…
Does Having the Flu or a Cold Virus Make Your Teeth Hurt?
Why your teeth hurt when you have a cold, flu or sinus symptoms Can a sore throat cause tooth pain? Keep brushing even though you’re…
Is Vaping Bad for Your Teeth?
Vaping products such as JUUL are rising in popularity Is vaping harmful to your teeth and gums? Your dentist can treat damage caused by vaping…
Mouthwash and the associated benefits
More than refreshing and bad-breath banishing, mouthwash can be part of your dental regime. While it is not a replacement for brushing and flossing, they…
The Advantages of Storage Phosphor Digital X-Ray Systems
At Yonge Eglinton Dental, we use a storage phosphor digital X-ray system. This method uses intraoral plates coated with a crystalline emulsion to make x-rays.…
Halitophobia: The Fear of Having Bad Breath
Imagine spending your life petrified of having perpetually bad breath, no matter how often you brushed, flossed and/or rinsed? This is called halitophobia, and the…
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…
Valentine’s Day blog: Can a kiss spread gum disease?
You look deep into your lover’s eyes. Magic. Then, as you lean in for a kiss, you notice they have unhealthy gums. Should you pull…
Links between seasonal affective disorder and oral health
According to the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, 15% of Canadians experience winter blues and 2 to 6% have seasonal affective disorder. That’s between 800,000…
Why do we floss our teeth? This is why.
Why do we floss our teeth? Well if you don’t floss your teeth, a good brushing will only get them 65% clean, which means 35%…
Are you in gum disease denial?
How often do you forget to floss? If the answer is “never,” you’re one of only 28% of people who regularly floss their teeth. When…
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…
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…
Link between gum disease and overall health
There was an interesting article in Globe and Mail about a new study linking gum disease and overall health. Unfortunately this article is no longer…