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…
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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. Click here to read article Yet…
Flossing works. Want proof? Look at your floss.
Against Flossing Last week, the Associated Press dropped the hammer on the dental industry when they wrote: The AP looked at the most rigorous research…
Smoking: More than Just a Bad Habit
Most people have a general sense of just how terrible smoking is for your teeth… and your lungs, heart, skin, hair, muscles and nearly every…
Oral care for seniors
As we get older, our oral care needs change. There are new considerations and new challenges for keeping our teeth healthy. After all, they’ve worked…
Pregnancy and Oral Care
Congratulations, you’re expecting! As you start to think about all the ways your pregnancy is going to change your body over the next few months,…