Struggling with Loose Dentures in Kelowna? Are you tired of painful, inefficient chewing and uncomfortable denture adhesives? Here at Love Your Smile – Dr. Stephen Malfair, we believe that our patients should never have to worry about their dentures slipping, sliding, or falling out of place. You deserve comfort and security when you chew. If…
At Love Your Smile – Dr. Stephen Malfair, we are to educating patients. We know that optimal dental health depends on good habits, so we want you to have all the information you need to practice those habits. We make sure we explain all procedures and answer our patients’ questions. We also explain how to…
For years, the dental industry has been advocating implants as the preferable tooth restoration option in most circumstances. But many dental insurance companies don’t cover teeth implants. The dental insurance industry seems to be stuck in 1970. For example, many insurers will cover dental bridges. Clearly, dental insurers rarely make coverage decisions based on what…
You can’t buy dental implants at Costco. You can’t compare price tags on Amazon. The rates aren’t listed on your dentist’s site. There is a reason for this. A tooth implant procedure isn’t one-size-fits-all. The price of a dental implant depends on many factors. First, let’s specify what we are talking about. A dental implant…
At Love Your Smile – Dr. Stephen Malfair, we treat dental emergencies such as a knocked-out tooth. Patients who have suffered an injury that either knocks out a tooth or severely damages the tooth have a couple of options for tooth replacement. In today’s message, we will discuss a tooth replacement option common in Kelowna:…
Are you trading your traditional dentures for implant-stabilized dentures? Implant-retained or implant-stabilized dentures both provide numerous merits over traditional dentures. Secure in the mouth—no slipping Provides up to 100% natural chewing function Upper denture doesn’t cover as much of the palate This helps users taste food more easily. (Hooray!) More comfortable When dentures are fixed…
I’m Stephen Malfair of Love Your Smile – Dr. Stephen Malfair in Kelowna. Today’s topic is mini dental implants, sometimes called “immediate implants”. Though they are not as well known as traditional dental implants, mini implants are also being used successfully in the Kelowna area to improve smiles. Like their larger diameter counterparts, mini implants…
If you have missing spaces in your smile due to cavities, injury or any other reason, there is hope. If your existing teeth are stained, decayed, or chipped, there is hope. If your teeth have always been misshapen, or crooked, there is hope. Cosmetic dentistry can fix all of those problems. Dr. Malfair at Love…
If you or someone you care about lost a tooth this year, but haven’t yet dealt with the issue, Love Your Smile in Kelowna suggests a consultation with our dental implant team immediately. Why the rush? Though your missing tooth might not be an aesthetic issue now – maybe it’s far enough back that the…
We begin this post from Love Your Smile in Kelowna with a quote from classic literature: “Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” When Miguel de Cervantes wrote that four hundred years ago, there was no widely accepted way to replace lost teeth. We are fortunate to live at a…
