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Your Boucherville dentist at the Centre Dentaire & D’Implantologie Boucherville will tell you: maintaining oral health must start at a young age. It is the parents’ responsibility to do everything in their power to ensure that their children’s mouths are in perfect condition. Some purists advocate action even before the first baby teeth appear: they […]

Many people wait until they have a toothache before going to the dentist, and they do so reluctantly as a last resort. That’s too bad! Waiting will not prevent cavities from progressing, periodontal disease from setting in, and pain from interfering with your life. Quite the contrary, even simple cold sensitivity should alert that’s it’s

When an adorable baby flashes a beautiful, albeit toothless, smile, much to the delight of his parents, it never fails to warm the heart – for human beings, smiling is natural. A reassuring sign of recognition and well-being, a strong bond that triggers emotions that will last a lifetime… This is why it’s so important

A Common and Often-Neglected Dental Problem: Loosening of the TeethOur teeth, solidly fixed by their roots into our jawbones, allow us to vigorously chew our food. But when the gums no longer play their protective role, when they retract and the tooth is no longer held in place, the tooth becomes loose and may even

“Dad, you’re sleeping too loud!” A little girl comes out of her room still drowsy and tells her father that he snores loudly. “I can’t sleep because of you!” she should. While it may be funny, this situation hides a genuine problem that can have real consequences: snoring associated with sleep apnea, also known as

Does eating hot or cold foods trigger severe pain? You probably suffer from sensitive teeth. With delight and anticipation, you take the first sip of your morning coffee, and it’s hot, just the way you like it. As the delicious liquid fills your mouth, the soothing feeling you expect is not there: your teeth suddenly

“Wisdom teeth” are actually our third molars. They titillate our gums long after our permanent teeth have come in, at a time when we are supposed to have become wise. Called by the Greeks “Sōfronistires”, which literally means “those that make one wise”, these later teeth are temperamental and their settling in your mouth may

Cavities. Trivialized because so frequent, it is the sworn enemy of your teeth.Bacteria present on dental plaque have the unfortunate tendency to transform food residues present in our mouth into acids. These acids deteriorate the enamel of the tooth and then attack the dentine, digging a bigger and bigger hole. A cavity is born, one

We all have a relative who’s afraid of spiders, who suffocates in public places, or who’s paralyzed of heights. But have you ever heard of dentophobia? While arachnophobia, agoraphobia and acrophobia are fairly well documented, dentophobia is relatively new in dental jargon. The Centre dentaire & d’implantologie Boucherville, near Longueuil and Varennes on the South

You may very well be heading to your dentist with both eyes closed, since you have been a client of theirs for many years. After all, they have known you and cared for your dental health and cavities for a long time. But you may also have to change your dental practice for one reason