Conjure up the image of a dentist in the frontier days: A man yanking out rotten teeth from his patient’s mouth with crude tools and no anesthesia. (No, whisky doesn’t count.) Fortunately, times have changed, and dentistry has changed for the better since then. Here’s how I see the ways dentistry has changed, even from […]

Nearly one in ten adults, and over one in ten children, experience nighttime bruxism – teeth grinding – according to the Canadian Sleep Society. This is a problem because bruxism is connected with many undesirable conditions, including TMJ. Let’s look at how and why. Identifying Bruxism First, how do you know if you grind your […]