Whether you’re missing a tooth, have existing teeth that need to be replaced, or have another reason why you’ve been diagnosed to be in need of dental implants, finding a practice that best suits your needs may prove to be difficult. First and foremost, Courtenay...
At Courtenay Dental Health and Implant Centre, we often get asked about dental crowns. Taking care of new dental crowns is easy, as long as you know what to do. With this in mind, we have written this easy guide to help you keep your new crowns looking as bright as...
1. What is it? TMD/TMJ is a group of issues that trigger jaw discomfort. The proper term for TMD/TMJ is Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction or Temporomandibular Disorder. It is caused by multiple factors but the overwhelming symptom is a pain in the jaw and the...
If you have decayed or gap teeth, you have at least once felt inconvenient and embarrassed by it. With the innovations offered by cosmetic dental treatments, you could get your teeth and your life back too. Some of these dental treatments can give you the appearance...
Poor fitting dentures are a very common complaint of denture wearers. But why does this happen?When we lose all our teeth in one or both of our jaws, the “alveolar process” (aka “Jaw bone”) has minimal reason to “exist” so it starts to atrophy, i.e. shrink!Without you...
What’s the difference between a crown and a filling?When a tooth has decay, but there is still a good amount of healthy tooth structure remaining a filling can be used to replace the missing structure. However, when a tooth is so broken down a filling will not be...
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