Blog by Dr. Gilbert Lee

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Success is in Your Smile

April 19th, 2012
A recent patient, who is a professional man in his early 50's, just had a smile makeover completed to lengthen and brighten his smile.  The upper anterior 6 front teeth were prepared and trimmed to be covered with veneers and customed designed by Dr. Lee and full input from the patient.  The result was a beautiful natural smile that was youthful and gleamed success for this business man!  Com ...

Dr. Lee Now Offers IV Sedation

April 19th, 2012
For apprehensive patients, Dr. Lee is once again offering IV sedation to ensure patients can manage dental treatments.  Alternatively, we still offer conscious sedation using a mild oral sedative and also nitrous oxide to ease patient's anxiety while patients are being cared for during dental procedures. 

No-Prep and No-Pain Veneers at Seymour Dental

April 19th, 2012
A new procedure at Seymour Dental that is a "no-prep" veneer.  This is a non invasive procedure that requires no "drilling" into the tooth and Dr. Lee carefully takes an impression that our talented lab fabricates into a veneer or a false front for the tooth.  This procedure is not for all patients and a consultation must be made to determine if the tooth and bite in question are appropriate ...

New Digital X-Ray at Seymour Dental

April 19th, 2012
Dr. Lee has embarked on probiding a few exciting new products and procedures to augment his extensive skill set.  We are now getting set up to provide the latest in digital x-rays to provide a faster and state of the art x-ray system for our patients.  Since many patients have been concerned with the dosage of radiation from standard x-rays, we have invested in their health and are now going ...

Seymour Dental Patient Care Update

February 20th, 2012
A current patient with an extremely infected tooth arrived on short notice to see Dr. Lee. His pain was moderate, but Dr. Lee was concerned that extensive infection may affect the patient's heart. The medical profession has shown abscess and other oral infections and bacteria to be a direct link to poor heart health and detrimental heart conditions.  The patient was diagnosed with a badly bro ...

We Cater to Kids in Parkgate

January 13th, 2012

Dr. Lee can now add his youngest patient to his client roster; a sweet and shy 4 year old was in for her first visit. After explaining what all of our tools and machines were used for in the dentist office, she allowed us to perform her first dental exam and prophy. Introducing her to all the tools in a non-evasive manner and letting her see for herself, being at the dentist was positive expe ...

New Patient - Old Cavities

January 5th, 2012
In January we received and treated another new patient in pain, AR, who was 24 years old and from Australia. He had never been to a dentist in his life, which he could recall.  The patient had been experiencing pain for quite some time and with proper examination diagnosed a cavity.  Not having one in the past, we explained the procedure to him as we repaired his tooth. Dr. Lee felt the remai ...

Toothache in North Vancouver

December 15th, 2011

Add another new patient to the list for Dr. Lee.  CP, a 24 year old young man who had many decayed teeth and a sore wisdom tooth which had yet to be treated properly. After much pain and some research online, he contacted Dr. Lee on Dr. Lee's after hours cell phone nmber provided for emergency treatment. Dr. Lee spoke to him directly, diagnosed the problem and was able to have the patient boo ...

Damaged Teeth From Thumb Sucking?

October 30th, 2011
Many kids develop problems from thumb sucking that can create lif-long problems unless treated properly.

P.S. an 8 year old old boy came to see Dr. Lee with a very constricted palate due to thumb sucking and mouth breathing. His teeth were splayed or "bucked" due to his oral habit.

Dr. Lee cemented an orthodontic appliance to correct his bite. His mother was relieved that Dr. Lee was able t ...

Need a great denatl Hygenist? Try Seymour Dental in North Vancouver

October 25th, 2011
In our office, we see new patients weekly and perform a thorough exam including an oral cancer screening by Dr. Lee. During their initial important dental hygiene appointment, our hygienist perfoms a periocharting which is measuring the gum depth around each tooth in six places to detect any signs of gum disease (periodontal disease).

It is always surprising to us to hear patients say that t ...
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