The Tooth Booth Dental Blog

Hi everyone, First of all, thanks for a record breaking year in terms of patients, procedures and gifts! (wow!). Jodie, Gloria and myself ar...

Hi everyone, The Ministry of Health in Ontario has a nice website directed to health professionals and consumers that has a wealth of inform...

Hi everyone, Some quick facts about dentists in Canada: There are over 18 000 dentists in Canada Approximately 76% of Canadian dentists ar...

Hi everyone, I saw this review of a study comparing children exposed to passive smoking (PS) and those that were not. It was found that: The...

Hi everyone, I saw this article in the New York Times Online. Here's the teaser quote : If I have one serious regret about my age, it is...

The risk of lung cancer is reduced by 50% in recent quitters and 83% in long-term quitters. Source: Smoking Cessation Rounds Vol 3, Issue 4...

Hi everyone, In a survey on dental services most valued by Canadians 40+ as reported in October's Oral Health Journal: 75% wanted fillin...

Hi everyone, I saw this article online on the CBC.ca website, here's the teaser quote: Here are a few things to keep in mind before allo...

Hi everyone, OK, here's the official update from the Government of Canada's official flu website: www.fightflu.ca High Risk Groups: ...

Diazepam ( Valium ), a longer acting sedative, has been used on anxious patients to allow dental procedures to be done in a more reliable f...

Saw this article in the Canadian Medical Journal Website regarding the possible shortage of dentists in the US. Here's the teaser quote:...

Triazolam ( Halcion ), a shorter acting sedative, has been used on anxious patients to allow dental procedures to be done in a more reliabl...

Lorazepam (Ativan), a sedative, has been used on anxious patients to allow dental procedures to be done in a more reliable fashion. The usua...

Saw this article in the Science section of the www.canoe.ca website. Here's the teaser quote: London researchers have found the simple a...

Studies have shown that when your dentist marks " poor oral hygiene " in your chart 3 or more times during orthodontic treatment,...

Hey everyone, I was just reading some of the latest findings/summaries in the Ontario Dentist Journal about pregnancy and dental care. Some...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give everyone a sample of how we do a nice cosmetic case. In this case, our patient had missing upper laterals...

Here's an unfortunately worded article in regards to dentistry ( W ill face masks protect you from the flu?) . While I have no issue wi...

According to the latest RCDSO (Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario) guideline publication, 40% of patients with myogenous (muscle-...

Hi everyone! Sorry about the delay in posting. I was on vacation in Europe (it was *fantastic*). I just wanted to acknowledge everyone's...