Tooth Talk Newsletter Spring 2023
Steveston Smiles Scholarship
ANNOUNCING THE 2023 STEVESTON SMILES SCHOLARSHIP! We are offering two scholarships for graduating high school seniors in our community! DETAILS: Submit a one-page essay to info@stevestonsmiles.com answering the questions “Why is oral health important?”. Subject Line: Steveston Smiles Scholarship. Include in the body of your email: First and last Name Phone number High school you are graduating from. Essay should be an attachment to the email (Not in the body of the email). At the beginning of your essay attachment please also include: First and last Name Phone number High school you are graduating from. Must be graduating from a high school in Richmond, BC All entries must be received by Friday, June 23rd at 11:59pm. Our first place ($1000) and second place ($500) winners will be announced on Friday [...]
Steveston Smiles Scholarship
ANNOUNCING THE STEVESTON SMILES SCHOLARSHIP! We are offering two scholarships for graduating high school seniors in our community! DETAILS: Submit a one-page essay to info@stevestonsmiles.com answering the questions “Why is oral health important?”. Subject Line: Steveston Smiles Scholarship. Include in the body of your email: First and last Name Phone number High school you are graduating from. Essay should be an attachment to the email (Not in the body of the email). At the beginning of your essay attachment please also include: First and last Name Phone number High school you are graduating from. Must be graduating from a high school in Richmond, BC All entries must be received by Monday June 13th at 11:59pm. Our first place ($1000) and second place ($500) winners will be announced on Monday June [...]
COVID-19 OFFICE PROTOCOLS AND UPDATES
COVID protocols - Last updated Sept 2021 The following protocols to help protect our community, patients and staff: Pre-screening of all patients is required to attend your scheduled appointment. If this Pre-screening form is not completed at minimum of 48 hours prior to your visit, your appointment will be cancelled. For everyone’s safety, staff will now wear additional personal protective equipment (PPE) in compliance with the CDSBC, PHO, BCCDC and WorkSafe BC.which can include masks, face shields and gowns for some procedures. Your clinical provider will now be entering the treatment room dressed in the appropriate PPE but rest assured, we are still the same caring team underneath it all. Daily symptom and temperature checks of all staff members. Masks are required inside the office. If you have one, please wear [...]
Preparing Your Smile For The Big Day
YOU’VE DREAMED OF THIS day your whole life. You have the ring and the fiancé, the planning is going well, and you’re down to the last few details. Bridals are coming up, and then the wedding itself. You realize there’s something you need to do before you have hundreds of pictures taken of you: perfect your smile! Whitening: Home Versus Professional When it comes to teeth whitening, strips, toothpastes, and rinses are the most cost-effective options. They’re cheap and you can do them yourself, but the results won’t be as good as with professional whitening. It’s critical to start the whitening strips at least one to two weeks in advance, and at least a month in advance if you go with toothpastes and rinses. Another option is take-home custom whitening trays. These trays [...]
MONSTERS AND GHOSTS AND SUGAR, OH MY!
Wait… sugar? That’s right. The scariest thing you’ll encounter this Halloween may just be sweets. Here are some hair-raising statistics about Halloween candy consumption: Americans purchase around 600 million pounds–or 2 billion dollars worth–of candy each year for Halloween. Kids consume up to 7,000 calories on Halloween and the average trick-or-treater intakes about three cups of sugar. The average child would need to trick-or-treat for over 100 miles to burn off what they eat during Halloween. These statistics may be a bit shocking but what is perhaps even more frightening is how much sugar the average Canadian consumes on a daily basis, not just around October 31st. According to a study done by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, sugar makes up 16 percent of the average child’s daily caloric intake. The American Dental [...]
For Our Mothers
WE ARE ECSTATIC TO HAVE this month to celebrate all the wonderful mothers out there! They fed us, clothed us, read books to us and raised us. But most importantly, they LOVE us! We’d like to return the favor and show all our mothers some love this Mother’s Day. What We Love About Our Moms From Mandy: "Happy Mother's Day to my amazing Mom! Thank you being there and showing me unconditional love. I strive to be like you every day. I hope that one day I will be as strong as you and always have a positive outlook on life no matter what. You are the wind beneath my wings. Love you always Mom." From Michelle: " My Mom means the world to my brother and me. She is [...]
Happy Halloween
Its that time of year again, our annual Sweet Swap; bring us your leftover candy for a chance to win an iPad Mini! We want everyone to have a happy, safe Halloween and enjoy your candy but we don’t want to be feeding those “sugar bugs” for weeks to come. Sugar bugs is the term we use for the bacteria (streptococus mutans) that lives in your mouth and uses carbohydrates to produce the acid which causes cavities. Sugar bugs prefer simple carbohydrates like sugar as they break down easier but they can use any kind of carbohydrate as fuel. Your teeth are most affected not by total amount of sugar you eat but by the frequency and timing that you consume sugar. As an exaggerated example, it would be [...]
Steveston Smiles is Growing
We are delighted to announce some exciting news! With your best interest, and oral health in mind, we have decided to merge with Dr. Bob Jamieson’s office effective October 2015. You may have noticed that we are located directly across the waiting room from each other. Dr. Bob and Dr. Doug met at UBC Dental School and started practicing together in 1973, before becoming two separate practices. It is serendipitous that we have come together again. Dr. Jamieson will be available to take care of his patient's oral health needs from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursdays he plans on spending more time skiing (in the winter) or on his boat (during the summer). Over time both our offices will merge together physically to become one office. Dr. Jamieson and his staff will deliver the same high quality dental treatment that you [...]