Children with prominent front teeth, colloquially known as buck teeth, often require orthodontic work to straighten their teeth and improve both their bite and appearance. This can be done in one stage during early adolescence (age 10 to 16) or two stages with the first stage between age 7 and 11 and the second in … Read more
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Additional 70,000 to get free service in Ontario An additional 70,000 low-income Ontario children will be eligible for free dental care under a new streamlined program to be rolled out over the next 18 months, Health Minister Deb Matthews said Monday. Families with one child under 18 with net annual incomes of up to $21,513 … Read more
Oral Health Group was delighted to be part of this year’s Winter Clinic meeting, put on by the Toronto Academy of Dentistry. We took this opportunity to interview some of the industry’s key people so take a few minutes and listen in as they talk about innovative new products, industry trends and where the dental … Read more
The bacteria in the human mouth — particularly those nestled under the gums — are as powerful as a fingerprint at identifying a person’s ethnicity, new research shows. Scientists identified a total of almost 400 different species of microbes in the mouths of 100 study participants belonging to four ethnic affiliations: non-Hispanic blacks, whites, Chinese … Read more
Dr. Coleman of Coleman Orthodontics believes that smiles can change lives and became a part of the Smile for a Lifetime (S4L) Foundation by forming a local chapter in 2009. S4L chapters provide orthodontic scholarships to children who would not normally be able to afford braces. Each year Dr. Coleman awards six or more scholarships … Read more
Local teen weighs in on his experince and provides advice to peers As our kids head back to high school or even off to college, Florida Craniofacial Institute, leading Bay Area Oral Maxillofacial and Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery experts, provides tips and advice on those pesky wisdom teeth that may be emerging. Fifteen-year-old Matthew Turner, one … Read more
On Monday, September 9th, 2013, http://www.campbellsmiles.com awarded its 20th Smile for a Lifetime Orthodontic Scholarship Recipient. Daniel Agnelli was recently chosen by the Wilmington Smile for a Lifetime Board of Directors to be the next lucky child to receive the gift of a new smile! “We are just so grateful for this program!” announced Daniel’s … Read more
The McGill & Hill Group, a leading national dental consulting firm, announced that they have agreed to become an official corporate sponsor with Smile for a Lifetime (S4L) Foundation, a national non-profit providing scholarships for free orthodontic treatment to underserved children. The Group (www.mcgillhillgroup.com), provides an array of business consulting services exclusively for the dental … Read more
RogersOutRank Sees A 34% Rise In Dentists Performing Orthodontic Treatments If your teeth have been straightened in the last 20 years the odds are high that the procedure was done by an orthodontist, but new technologies may change who performs these procedures in the future. Carrie Shaw, Director of Marketing at OutRank by Rogers has … Read more
After the successful completion of two years of orthodontic treatment, the parents of my patients will usually ask, “What should we do about the wisdom teeth? We don’t want them to push forward and screw up your lovely result. When should we have them out?” If those questions were asked not that long ago, most … Read more
Ankylosed or submerged deciduous teeth are teeth that do not keep up with other teeth in the quadrant in their vertical development. As a result, this may cause significant problems in eruption, often with severe bone loss and migration of deciduous and permanent teeth. The first and second deciduous molars are most commonly involved teeth … Read more
ABSTRACT:Four case presentations are utilized to review the treatment options in patients with unilateral congenitally missing second mandibular premolars. Once diagnosed, the dentist can either preserve or remove the respective primary molar. Preservation will lead to a tooth-size discrepancy. To limit the size of the second primary molar to the dimension of the contralateral premolar, … Read more
It was a pleasure to read your July 2013 Issue of Oral Health and Dr. Freedman is to be congratulated for editing the issue. Dr. Strassler in his excellent overview on “Successful Light Curing — Not As Easy As it Looks,” reinforces the fact that there are many variables affecting the polymerization and the resultant … Read more
Legendary rock band KISS came to Toronto in July and really gave AboutFace the spotlight! As you may know, KISS front man Paul Stanley is the Celebrity Spokesperson for AboutFace. With his participation KISS presented AboutFace with a $10,000 donation! Along with AboutFace Ambassadors Leah and Nick, Paul threw out the first pitch at the … Read more
AboutFace is proud to announce the recipients of the 6th Annual AboutFace National Scholarship Awards are Miss. Braidy Mackay and Mr. Josh Grossgardt! Both young winners receive a $2,000 scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement and their dedication to community service with both AboutFace and other organizations within their communities. Congratulations! Miss. Mackay lives … Read more
When Tehya’s family heard about Smile for a Lifetime they were excited about the possibility of their daughter receiving free braces but when she was chosen by the board of directors to receive a scholarship they were overjoyed! The Erie Chapter of Smile for a Lifetime (S4L) is celebrating their 3rd year of helping children … Read more
Residents of the Midpeninsula area now have another reason to smile! The Board of Directors of Midpeninsula Smile for a Lifetime program announced two of the six orthodontic scholarship recipients: Yeltzin (16 years old) and Elixua (15 years old). Yeltzin and Elixua are siblings from East Palo Alto and attend Woodside High School. Both have … Read more
Tekscan, Inc., manufacturer of the T-Scan® Bite Force System, a diagnostic device that records your patient’s bite force dynamics, is happy to announce their corporate partnership with the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI). Tekscan, Inc. will be working with LVI in their continuing education courses that focus on contemporary dental techniques and … Read more
I regret to inform you that Dr. Donald Woodside died on Friday, July 19th at his family cottage in Nova Scotia. He was surrounded by his family. There is no further information at this time on funeral arrangements. The following information shows the scope and impact of Dr. Woodside’s work internationally, DONALD G. WOODSIDE, C.M., … Read more