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Child Dental Care
It's never too early for good dental care. With good tooth care, your child can grow up cavity-free...
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Soft Tissue Grafting
Soft tissue grafting is the procedure used to mend receding gums. In cases of severe gum recession, the roots of the teeth get exposed, and the soft tissue grafting procedure is used to rectify this issue...
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Full Dental Implants
Most people have 32 permanent teeth. This includes the wisdom teeth that are used for functions such as biting, chewing, and grinding. Losing any of these teeth can lead to pain, and it is also annoying not to be able to chew your food properly...
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Advantages of Dental Implants
Confidence and tooth replacement are just two of the ways dental implants might be for you over other options like...
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How Dental Implants are Installed
Concerned about dental implant surgery? Read up on exactly what we do to put your mind at ease...
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Root Canal Therapy
Most people have 32 permanent teeth. This includes the wisdom teeth that are used for functions such as biting, chewing, and grinding. Losing any of these teeth can lead to pain, and it is also annoying not to be able to chew your food properly...
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Root Canal Therapy Alternatives
Every tooth has an inner pulp layer. Infection in this layer can leave you with very limited treatment choices. Your options are tooth extraction, deferring the treatment, or saving the tooth with root canal therapy...
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Root Canal Diagnosis
Root canal therapy is used to save a tooth that is infected or has dead pulp. The procedure is quite a comfortable one, saves the tooth, and helps maintain oral health...
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Drug-Induced Hyperplasia
The medication you are taking might have the side effect of causing an overgrowth of the gum tissue. This can lead to gum problems such as...
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Juvenile Periodontitis
We are often asked at the Dr. Mansbridge Dental Surgery office in Stoney Creek, how gum disease happens...
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What Causes Gum Disease?
Gingivitis is a kind of gum or periodontal disease. It leads to swelling and redness in the gums and also causes a certain amount of irritation...
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Gum Disease FAQ
One way of preventing tooth decay is to be aware of all the common gum disease symptoms. Here are some frequently asked questions which will help you understand what the best line of treatment is for different dental issues...
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Pit and Fissure Sealants
Pit and fissure sealants are plastic applications that are spread over the chewing surfaces of back teeth and help in preventing decay. The plastic covers all the pits and fissures in the teeth and shields the enamel from acids and bacteria that lead to decay...
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Night Guards for Bruxism
Approximately 1/3rd of people tend to brux (grind/clench) their teeth. This is more of a subconscious action, but bruxism has numerous side effects. If the bone support in your mouth has weakened, grinding or clenching the teeth can be very painful...
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Pulpitis
Whenever the pulp layer in the tooth gets irritated or injured, it might get inflamed and painful. This inflammation is referred to as pulpitis. Treating this condition in the appropriate manner can provide relief from discomfort and restores oral health...
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What is Tooth Scaling?
Scaling is the removal of calcified bacterial products (tartar or calculus) from the crowns and roots of the teeth. First, an ultrasonic scaler will be used to dislodge the larger deposits and debris above and below the gum line...
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Dental Care During Pregnancy
During pregnancy, your hormones naturally change. One of the major dangers to your dental health is pregnancy gingivitis, where the gum tissue becomes incredibly...
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Symptoms of TMJ
More and more of our patients are being recognized as having Temporomandibular Joint-Dysfunction. Often the symptoms do not appear to be mouth related, which... deposits and debris above and below the gum line...
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