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Creating a Dental Home As a parent, you know how important a happy, relaxed atmosphere is when it comes to making your child feel at home. We would like to make our Scarborough, practice your dental home, where you and your family enjoy the best of dental care in a warm and welcoming environment. What […]
Back to School? Remember Your Dental Homework! It’s a busy time of year. Book lists! Supplies! New clothes! (How did they outgrow those shoes already?) And while you’re preparing your family’s list of back-to-school necessities, here are a few essential reminders to help your child begin the school year with a healthy smile. It never […]
Detergent Foods: Clean your teeth while you eat! Did you know that there are certain foods you can eat which help to clean your teeth? We call them “detergent foods.” In dentistry we look at the impact of food in three ways: the kind of food, how often it is eaten, and when it is […]
Pick the right electric toothbrush! The electronic toothbrush has undergone several technological advances since the 1960s. Everything from design and bristle motions to rotation, oscillation, and sonic vibration has led to dramatic changes in this necessary tool over time. Rotation oscillation happens when the head of the toothbrush rotates from one direction to the other. […]
Five Common Reasons for Emergency Care Visits A dental emergency can strike anywhere, anytime, and without warning. Perhaps you’re playing a game of touch football on Thanksgiving and your brother-in-law decides to up the ante and tackles you, accidentally knocking out your two front teeth. Or maybe you’re on vacation somewhere in the tropics and […]
Germs living on my toothbrush? Say it ain’t so! You may have heard talk about the germs that can reside on your toothbrush and thought, “really?” It’s true—there are several kinds of bacteria that can lurk on the bristles of your toothbrush, including streptococci, staphylococci, Herpes Simplex I, and the Influenza virus. To protect your […]
The Importance of Oral Cancer Screenings In our continuing efforts to provide the most advanced technology and highest quality care available to our patients at Parkway Mall Dental Office, we proudly screen our patients for oral cancer. The fact is, every hour of every day in North America, someone dies of oral cancer, which is […]
What exactly is a cavity? We all know how discouraging can be it to hear you have a dental cavity. Knowing how cavities form can help you prevent them from popping up in your mouth. If you want to avoid a trip to see the doctor, pay attention to the measures you can take to […]
Telltale Signs that Your Tooth has a Cavity the doctor and our team at Parkway Mall Dental Office frequently get questions about cavity causes and prevention. You brush twice a day and floss regularly. You rinse with mouthwash, just like the dentist recommended. In fact, you can’t remember the last time you had a cavity, […]
Aging and Dental Health What’s life like for the average 60-year-old today? It’s complicated! We travel. Or we work out. Or we relax with friends. We pursue favorite hobbies or we develop new ones. We work, or start businesses, or volunteer for schools, museums, and charities. We practice the art of writing letters or we […]
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