Preventive & General Care
Simple, practical guidance on cleanings, exams, and everyday care that helps you avoid bigger problems down the road.
How long a filling takes depends on your tooth and your dentist's plan, and the dental and health authorities we checked give no set number of minutes, so a helpful first step is to ask the office how long your appointment is booked for when you call.
Yes, you can go back, and going a year or more without a visit is not unusual: Statistics Canada's Canadian Oral Health Survey (November 2023 to March 2024) found that 28% of Canadians aged 12 and older reported they had not visited an oral health professional in the previous 12 months.
Modern root canal treatment is done under full local anaesthetic and is usually no more uncomfortable than a filling. The pain people fear is the infection, not the treatment.
An extraction is usually quicker and more comfortable than people expect. Here is what happens during the appointment, how healing progresses, and what protects the clot.
According to the Government of Canada, the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) helps pay a portion of the cost of a wide range of oral health services, such as exams, X-rays, cleanings, fillings and root canals, when your dentist recommends them. Limits, co-payments, exclusions and fee differences all affect what you owe.
TLC Family Dental Centre in Leduc is accepting new patients. TLC is an approved Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) provider, so the office can bill the Government of Canada dental plan directly for eligible patients, and most new patients are seen within a week of calling.
The cost of a crown depends on the material chosen, the laboratory work involved, and whether the tooth needs a build up or root canal treatment first. Coverage also plays a large part.
Placing a crown follows a set sequence: freeze the tooth, remove decay, shape the tooth, take an impression, fit a temporary, then cement the finished crown at a second visit.
Most crowns are finished across two appointments spaced two to three weeks apart. The first visit prepares the tooth, the lab builds the crown, and the second visit fits it.
A root canal removes infected or damaged tissue from inside a tooth, then cleans, fills, and seals it to save the tooth. Expect a numb, largely painless appointment, mild tenderness for a few days, and a tooth that keeps working normally.