The Tooth Booth Dental Blog

The clinic will be on a limited schedule until January 31st as various members of our staff enjoy their vacations. As such, primarily emerge...

It takes 12-18 months for permanent molars to erupt to occlusion. Source:  Antonson D, Imagine a World Without Occlusal Caries: Are Glass...

It takes 3-6 months for permanent premolars to erupt to occlusion. Source: Antonson D, Imagine a World Without Occlusal Caries: Are Glass...

A small study has revealed that the 5 year survival rate of direct composite buildups was 79% (which was lower than the 6 year survival ra...

The region of Peel (Mississauga and area) has an informative oral health website. I'll quote from their press release: This resource ...

Added the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association's Clinical Question and Answer Blog  to our blog reading list. It is a tremendous r...

A small study from Italy has determined that it is possible to use breath analysis of volatile compounds to identify people with colorectal ...

Just a reminder to everyone with dental insurance benefits that renew in January: Take advantage your benefits by scheduling your hygiene ...

Men and women with a BMI over 30 regardless of smoking or diabetes status had a greater risk of developing periodontal disease than those wi...

The research impacts and influences of the three most prestigious medical journals are approximately 10 times greater than those of the thre...

A study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and summarized in the National Post newspaper showed that those reporting to bru...

A recent study found that periodontal (bone loss/inflammation) disease was found 1.6 times more frequently in non-smokers with self reporte...

It is very important to take care of your dental implants through regular hygiene at home and at the dental office. The long-term prevalence...

95% of patients develop at least one white spot lesion or enamel surface decalcification following orthodontic treatment. Oral hygiene discu...

The average Canadian consumed 26 teapoons of sugar a day in 2004. (Wow!) Source: Statistics Canada,  http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-...

As of 2010, the majority of Dental school graduates in North America were female. In Canada as of 2008, 6 out of 10 Dental schools had a fem...

Although the latest information was from the 1988-1990 spring training seasons, the data showed that 40% of players used smokeless tobacco. ...

We are pleased to have one of the newest pieces of sterilization equipment in Toronto (at least according to our Henry Schein Dental Insta...

Some of our patients have seen her already, but we are pleased to introduce Marchie Tan to our practice. She has been steadily working with ...

Teeth that are mobile and periodontally involved have traditionally been extracted. However, a case report in the ODA Journal suggests that ...