Dental Care

A root canal treatment allows us to soothe the pain in a tooth, eliminate infection, and preserve the natural tooth. The bite or pressure you apply to the treated tooth may still be tender after your root canal treatment. But the tenderness should subside quickly, as the tissues around the tooth begin to recover. However, […]

A tooth may also alter colour following an accident, fall, sports injury or sudden impact. The initial tooth may look normal. However, the tooth may become of a yellow, grey, brown or black colour. The discoloured tooth after trauma may just appear to be a stain. But, the colour change can sometimes be indicative of

Your smile may experience gaps after a deep cleaning, which can be pretty shocking if you didn’t notice the space in your teeth before the procedure. However, gaps in teeth after deep cleaning is nothing to worry about. In most cases, eliminating calcified tartar and eroding gum inflammation will reveal spaces that you already had.

A damaged tooth can leave you with a simple but important question, ‘should you choose a filling or a crown?’ Comparison between dental crown vs filling isn’t just a matter of what’s the best treatment. The right choice will be determined by the volume of the remaining tooth structure, the magnitude of decay or damage,

Root canal treatment can actually preserve a damaged or infected tooth. However, treatments are unique for each tooth. A root canal in a front tooth is generally less complex in terms of the anatomy of the tooth, but molars can have multiple roots requiring more thorough cleaning. Therefore, treatment duration, difficulty, restoration, and expenses can

Pain in a tooth that has had a root canal is often unexpected, especially if the treatment was done to relieve a tooth that was hurting with a tooth infection. Most people expect that a tooth that has had a root canal will return to normal immediately and allow them to return to activities such

The implications of lost teeth don’t stop with your smile. You might have trouble eating, speaking, and even smiling with ease or comfort. The consequences down the line will even be more dire. If not replaced, missing teeth will cause your bone to wear away and can affect the structure of your face. Fortunately, modern

A small pain in your tooth usually does not remain small for long. This small toothache can turn into ongoing pain and even become a swollen condition or a more generalized infection of multiple teeth. As bacteria tend to move deeper, making talking, eating or drinking challenging on an everyday basis. The delay in receiving

At first, a toothache might seem like it’s something that you can ignore and wait on. However, the pain itself is a sign of a problem. Once your tooth pulp becomes infected, there’s really not going to be a “wait to get better” period for you to count on. The longer you ignore it, the

It all begins in the bathroom, while you’re brushing your teeth. A quick glance in the mirror reveals a tiny black line along the back of an upper tooth, near the edge of a dental crown. Perhaps this is the first time you’ve noticed it. Or maybe it has been there for a while, quietly