Our digital radiography and intra-oral photography provide high-powered magnification during your visit so that our Doctors can precisely examine your teeth and gums and detect microscopic problems that may not be visible to the naked eye. This means a dental problem can be treated before it has a chance to become more serious or painful. In addition, the magnification allows our team to treat the problem in a much more precise manner, often less invasively, and therefore transforms the way we practice dentistry.

These views are typically what a Doctor sees with the naked eye during a conventional clinical examination. The actual size of a tooth is typically less than 10mm wide as see here with this molar.

With our digital imaging and Dental Loupes eyewear, our Doctors have the ability to magnify a tooth up to 40 times the original size potentially revealing conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Other benefits to working with magnification includes detecting cracks within tooth structure that would otherwise go unnoticed with the naked eye.  Without treatment, these cracks can propagate deep into the tooth and can result in loss of significant portions of one’s tooth and, as in the case seen below, the crack can spread to the nerve.  This tooth in particular required a large restoration, root canal treatment and a porcelain crown to restore it to health.  If the crack had been tended to earlier it may have only required a small filling only.

At Westmount Dental, we always recommend treating decay and cracks as early as possible so that the treatment is conservative and preserves as much natural tooth structure as possible. Our goal is to avoid invasive and costly procedures for our patients.

Our office offers appointments throughout the week including evenings, Saturdays and Sundays (by appointment as days and times vary). We always welcome ne patients, emergencies and offer free consultations. And we rely on your referrals for our growth.

Our dentists provide a full range of treatment all under one roof to minimize the need for outside referrals. Some of the treatment we provide includes the full service and placement of dental implants, root canal therapy, wisdom tooth surgery, sedation, invisalign orthodontics, and cosmetic treatments. Most importantly, our preventive dental care program aims to reduce the risk of you and your family requiring more invasive and costly treatment.

Our office is located in the heart of Thornhill in Vaughan. Call today to schedule your appointment.

 To celebrate the launch of our revamped website and our series of informative articles, we feel that it is appropriate to begin with a discussion of Westmount Dental’s stance on transparency and openness, and how fundamental they are to putting you, as our patient, first.

Many people have been faced with this situation: Your car is getting routine maintenance and the mechanic says, “I’m sorry but your engine has a problem that needs to be repaired.” And you reply, “I don’t understand, my car runs fine, I don’t hear or feel anything wrong.” Would looking under the hood help you validate your mechanic’s claim? Sure it would – if you knew what to look for.

What if we could help you look inside your mouth and see exactly what your Dentist sees? Wouldn’t that allow you to make a more informed decision as to how you want to proceed?

At Westmount Dental we believe that a healthy and long-lasting relationship with any patient must be founded on trust earned through education. And what better way to understand your situation than with the ability to see exactly what your Dentist is talking about with a real-time image of your tooth, magnified to more than fifty times, and viewed on a monitor from the convenience of your dental chair.

Our intra-oral digital camera is one of the tools we use to keep you actively involved in your oral health and gain your trust. This specialized camera allows us to diagnose conditions much earlier than with unaided visual inspection and therefore, allows us to recommend preventive treatment options at a much earlier stage.

The most obvious benefits of early interceptive treatment are undergoing procedures that are less invasive and less expensive than if these conditions were left to progress.

Additionally, our professional team will always take the necessary time to discuss your treatment options, review the advantages and disadvantages of each, discuss the risks and consequences of not proceeding with treatment, and provide you with the approximate costs.

Our digital technology maintains our accountability and transparency with all of our patients because you can actually see what is happening, even if you do not feel that anything is wrong.

For more information about treatment and services we provide please visit our website at wm.squadrons.io/.