We present these documents to help our patients in their everyday dental care, and to make their visit to Mount Joy Dental more familiar and enjoyable. Each of these PDF documents can be printed or saved for future reference. Please check this page often - we try to update our information page with new articles regularly to keep our patients informed about thier oral health.

Article One: Emergency Dental Information

Although we never want to be in a situation where we need emergency dental care, the odds are, at some point in our lives we will require an emergency dental appointment. This article deals with two major dental emergencies and what to expect before, during and after the emergency appointment. Dental emergencies can be broken down into two major categories.................

Article Two: Your First Visit (Children and Adults)

For your child's first dental appointment, we suggest that they come in around the age of 2 or 3. By this time, your child should have a full set of primary teeth. If there is a problem with the child's teeth earlier, please bring them in then. The first appointment is called the happy visit. The purpose of this visit is to get your child oriented with the dental office and all of the equipment that we use. First we gather all of
the medical information from you. Next, your child will go for a ride in the dental chair.............

Article Three: Electronic Dental Information

The Canadian Dental Association, along with the insurance carriers, have established a network that allows you to submit claims and predeterminations electronically *EDI). This network is called CDAnet. In order to submit claims through CDAnet, your dental office requires
insurance information updated along with all personal data.................

Article Four: Different Methods of Restoring a Tooth

Although there are many ways of restoring teeth we can generally divide this area into two headings, direct and indirect restorations or fillings..................

Article Five: Different Ways of Dealing with Tooth Loss

The loss of your adult teeth, whether it's one or several, can have a detrimental effect on your dental health, function and aesthetics. You can compare your teeth in your jaw to stones comprising an archway......................
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Article Six - The Growth and Development of our Teeth and Face

Undoubtedly, you are aware that there are two sets of teeth that we develop in our lifetime. The first set is called our primary teeth or dentition, often referred to as our baby teeth. Our permanent teeth...................

Article Seven - The Diseases that can Affect our Dental Health

There are several dental diseases that occur; however the two most frequent ones are gum disease and cavities also known as periodontal disease and caries respectively...........................

Article Eight - How Dental Health affect your Entire Body

Article Nine - Dental Terminology

Article Ten - Sedation Dentistry