Mayor of Oak Bay supports our dental clinic nomination!

Posted by on Jun 3, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 0 comments With the final few days of the BC Hydro Energy Fix contest approaching, I received a letter of support today from the Mayor of Oak Bay.  It has become such a wonderful thing to be involved actively in the community, getting to know my neighbours who are fellow business owners.  I enjoy walking along Oak Bay Avenue, where most people you pass greet you with a smile and a hello. The Powersmart...
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A young Victoria dentist meets famous author Eric Wilson

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 0 comments Dr. Adam Pite, a new Victoria dentist was fortunate to meet one of his childhood heroes in Eric Wilson, an acclaimed Canadian children’s novelist.   Eric and his wife, Flo stopped by to say hello at the Oak Bay Dental Clinic where Flo has been a patient of Dr. David S. Philip for many years.  It was incredible to meet someone who helped me to better understand Canada and what it meant to...
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Dental Xrays – the truth!!

Posted by on Mar 25, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 0 comments In a root canal study group a few weeks ago – I know, sounds like a real party doesn’t it? – we were discussing dental radiographs or xrays. Every so often, I will have a patient who insists no not taking dental xrays because they do not want to be exposed to radiation. It turns out that the radiation exposure from dental xrays is less than what you might have...
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Your Children and Dentistry

Posted by on Feb 5, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 2 comments I received an excellent video from my lifelong friend Dr. Graham Heaton who is a plastic surgeon currently living in Wales. It is absolutely wonderful and makes me really look forward to visiting them in June. I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to start a conversation on your child’s visit to the dentist. Your child’s first visit to the dentist should be as soon...
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Get all of your teeth fixed in Mexico?

Posted by on Jan 16, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 1 comment Over the past several years, I have spoken with patients every so often who are thinking about getting their dental work done in Mexico or somewhere abroad.  Even when I was in dental school, a young seventeen year old Palestinian-Canadian boy had a bridge done by his dentist uncle on a trip to Palestine.  Probably with all good intentions, this bridge will likely also lead to the loss of the...
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Begin again

Posted by on Jan 4, 2011 in Dr. Pite's Blog | 0 comments After a brief Christmas reprieve from my 6-day dentistry weeks, I am back on the ferry to Victoria. The beginning of 2011 is an exciting one, especially considering that I am now going to be there in Oak Bay for the full work week of three days. Wednesday night I will return to White Rock to continue to fill in for Dr. Burgess while he recovers from his stem-cell transplant performed two months...
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