Dr. Brian Saby's Dental Blog

Most people are familiar with a dental check up, either having had one themselves or knowing someone who has had one.  While almost everyone is aware that the dentist is looking for cavities in the teeth, there is more to a dental examination than merely looking for holes.

 Today, I would like to walk you through a typical complete dental examination.  Hopefully, this will help you to understand what is going on at your next dental check up.

The first part of the examination involves an interview with the patient, either by the doctor or one of the staff members.  In this interview, we hope to discover what your long term plans are regarding your teeth.  What do you want your teeth to be like in the future, are there any changes you want to make regarding the appearance or function?  Are you currently having any dental problems, and if not, what brought you to the dental office today?  What are your concerns regarding dental treatment?  These are the types of questions that help your dentist establish a treatment plan that custom fits your desires. (more…)

We are very fortunate to live in Canada where our standard of living is amongst the highest in the world.  Our consumer driven economy allows us to have choices in almost every aspect of our life.  We get to decide on what level of service and quality of consumer products we would like to obtain.

Let’s say that you decided you wanted a larger television for the family room.  Not many of us would be happy if the salesperson were to inform us that they had looked at our old television and decided that it was still pretty good and they would not sell us a new television until it quit working completely. 

If you decided to get a new car, you would be shocked if the sales representative told you that you didn’t need a new car right now.  “Your old car is fine, you can probably get another 100,000 km out of it, come back and see me in a few years.” Is something you will not likely hear at your auto dealer.

In dentistry, you also have choices.  (more…)

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