WestcoastSmile Dental Studio & Whitening Spa is located in a gorgeous neighbourhood One of the most beautiful streets in Vancouver is our very own West 1st Ave. in Kitsilano, our WestcoastSmile Dental Studio and Whitening Spa home. Every spring we get to enjoy the wonderful display of cherry blossoms exhibited by the block-long row of […]
I walked into my dental office last week after attending a meeting, I was told that everyone in the waiting room was waiting for me and very grumpy. Apparently, my staff thought I would be back earlier and had mistakenly booked appointments. Yes friends and patients it’s that time of year when we are all […]
As Apple once again creates a “worldwide event” to announce yet another iPhone, iPad, iWatch or iWhatever to make even more billions of dollars; the company that is supposed to make us more “connected” seems to be in fact, keeping us further “dis-connected”. How many families spent Thanksgiving virtually by “Facetime” instead of “Realtime”. So […]
Do you snore? Does your partner or child? How is your sleep? Do you wake up tired? How about your child? Over my career as a dentist in Vancouver at WestcoastSmile Dental Studio, I have had many patients come to me for consultations on TMJ and bite problems. It has inspired me to take further education […]
All my patients, my staff at WestcoastSmile Dental Studio and yours truly, Dr Jeffrey Norden were all a bit tired Monday. Like most of Canada, all of us got up early Sunday morning to watch the Canada-Sweden Gold medal hockey game in Sochi. It was great to see our Canadian hockey players show they are […]
The year 2013 seems to have gone by in a flash. We have had the most spectacular autumn season I remember in over 30 years I have lived in Vancouver. We have had so many days of wonderful sunny, crisp days perfect for going for around my neighbourhood of Kitsilano. One of my favorite things […]
Halloween or as they say “Feast of Lost Fillings” What could be worse than being a dentist on Halloween? We are the Scrooges of this day, wagging our fingers, shaking our heads, giving parents the evil eye. How can we dentists get our heads around the fact that on Halloween the entire population goes into […]
Hockey season is well underway and as dentist of the Vancouver Canucks I often get friends and patients coming up to me and asking me about the famous picture of smiling Zach Kassian with his missing front tooth. Here in Canada, we are used to seeing hockey players with missing front teeth but for most […]
Your Mouth Is Key … To Overall Body Health! When I see my patients and I ask them to open their mouths and say …AHHHH., I like to think of opening a window into their overall health. When I do your exam I am not looking just at your teeth but I am looking carefully […]
