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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday July 12, 2008 - 19 H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S Dental Implants.... Teeth in day Everyone deserves a beautiful smile and with tremendous advances in aesthetic dentistry there is no reason to put up with anything less. Dental implants often provide a more advanced replacement technology for a missing tooth than a traditional bridge. If you look at the traditional implant procedure it requires the placement of one or more implants and after the 3-6 month healing period the teeth could be made and put in the mouth. If the patient needed immediate replacement of teeth, they would have to wear a removeable denture. "Teeth in a Day" is where the patient has implants placed in the morning and a temporary tooth or bridge can be placed in the mouth and attached to the implant on the same day. "Teeth in a Day" is dependent on the stability of the implant and the bone available. Sometimes it cannot be performed. Any patient wishing for fixed teeth and not wanting to wait for the traditional healing period of time before placing a tooth on the implant is an ideal candidate. The ideal patient would also have adequate available bone for the procedure. A patient without available bone would not be able to undergo such a procedure but could have bone added through grafting first. The advantage with "Teeth in a Day" over traditional dental implants is that patients do not have to wait for the healing period before we can use the implants. The cost varies from case to case based on the teeth involved but can range from $3,000-$6,000/tooth The recovery period for most people is very short:2-3 days with virtually no pain. The success rate is approximately 97%. The longest known implant is 43 years old. Implants should last a lifetime if recall appointments are done on a regular basis to ensure all is functioning well. An active and healthy lifestyle for one and all This is the goal of the team of professional healthcare providers at Dynamic Health & Performance. The team endeavours to get the injured back in their game, and help the rest of their clients enjoy the benefits of optimal fitness. Promoting a healthy active lifestyle for the community is the ultimate goal of Oakville's newest multidisciplinary clinic. "We proactively promote health and fitness by educating our patients on how to better maintain healthy lifestyles and practices, and coach them along the way to reach this goal," said Dr. Jennifer Smeaton, a chiropractor and coowner of the clinic. Located at 1660 North Service Rd. E (Units 111 & 112), the 2,900-square-foot centre contains a 1,200-square-foot rehab/gym that is fully equipped for injury, or group and individual training sessions. "Our goal is to help our patients return to, and improve their performance in both sport and life as quickly and safely as possible," said Dr. Benjamin Fryer, also a chiropractor and co-owner of the clinic. Doctors Fryer, Smeaton and Jeff Weekes, who is also a chiropractor and clinic co-owner, are each certified in the soft tissue technique called Active Release Techniques ART® (a patented, state-of-the-art, soft tissue technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves.) Doctors Fryer and Weekes are also Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists and, doctors Smeaton and Weekes are certified to administer the Graston Technique® (used to alleviate the binding effect of scar tissue). Dr. Fryer is also a Medical Acupuncturist and team doctor for Oakville Blades, while Dr. Smeaton is also a Skate Canada, level one certified coach. Dynamic's Registered Massage Therapists help clients melt away stress and tension and relieve associated headaches, and muscular aches and pains. Dynamic Health and Performance also maintains a close working relationship with two area sports physicians. Physiotherapist Janet Carey completes the team. Services at Dynamic Health & Performance also includes gait analysis, personal, group and sport specific training and fitness, power skating, custom foot orthotics and nutrition consultation. The potential economic impact of an influenza pandemic History dictates that the likelihood of an influenza pandemic impacting Canada is quite high ­ it is not a matter of "if," but a matter of when. It's been nearly 40 years since our world has seen a global influenza pandemic and in that time the world as we know it has changed so significantly, it becomes difficult to comprehend just how catastrophic an influenza pandemic might be. With globalization, outsourcing and the search for greater efficiencies in business, our world is more interconnected than ever. Unfortunately, it's that connectivity that will enable the rapid global spread of an influenza pandemic. Outbreaks will likely travel along transportation and distribution chains. Transportation hubs will be especially vulnerable and disruption at these hubs could have a permanent impact on both critical and service industries such as energy, utilities, telecommunications, financial institutions, retail, hospitality and real estate. Some reports estimate a range of global economic losses between $2-3 trillion (assuming a moderate strain). An ultra pandemic (2.21 per cent mortality rate), resulting in more than 140 million deaths worldwide, could trigger an estimated global economic loss of $4.4 trillion. Corporations need to review the economic and financial implications a pandemic could have on their business operations, including issues like absenteeism, supply chain disruptions, the drop or loss of key vendors, and the potential loss of customer demand. The severity of these consequences is directly linked to an organization's ability to recover from a potential pandemic and resume normal operations. An arsenal of activities is needed to weather the impacts of a pandemic ­ planning, simulations, infection control equipment, technology, and stockpiling antiviral medications to help protect workers from becoming infected are all considerations for discussion. All of these items in tandem will enable companies to have a better chance of maintaining some semblance of "business as usual." (CN) CHIROPRACTIC IS...... Safe Effective A Family Affair And has ONE side effect.... GRAND OPENING SALE HEALTH Dr. Jenna Davis Family Chiropractor/Acupuncturist Alliance Healthcare Professionals 50% Regular Price on any mattress set over $400.00 while quantities last. Cannot be combined with any other offer. WE CARRY TOP QUALITY BRAND NAME MATTRESSES. OFF 905.845.2291 232 South Service Rd. E., Oakville, ON L6J 2X5 www.alliancehealthcare.ca New medical clinic accepting patients Oakville Medical Clinic has officially opened at 2501 Prince Michael Drive. The new clinic offers a full family practice, walk-in care and an urgent care treatment centre. It will also be available to patients seven days a week. Drs. Emad Guirguis and Ashraf Ghali are the two physicians currently at the clinic, with a third expected to join shortly. Dr. Guirguis is the main family physician who is moving his practice to the clinic from Milton. Dr. Ghali, who has had a larger practice in Burlington for the past six years, has opened a small practice through the clinic and will be the main walk-in and urgent care physician. Both doctors are Oakville residents and are looking forward to welcoming patients from the growing Oakville community. Oakville Medical Clinic is located at Hwy 5 and Prince Michael Drive and is open Monday to Friday, 9:00a.m. ­ 9:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. ­ 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 11a.m. to 3p.m. NOW OPEN Oakville Medical Clinic F A M I LY P R A C T I C E Walk In / Urgent Care Accepting New Patients OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday-Friday: 9-9 aturday: 10-4 Sunday: 11-3 BRING THIS AD & SAVE ON GST. Limited Time Offer. Prince Michael Dr. Oakville Trafalgar Tr f Trafalgar r SLEEP & DREAM MATTRESS HOPEDALE MALL 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville (at 3rd Line in the mall across from Tim Hortons) Dundas undas 403 3 Prince Michael chae Drive rive 5.257.4943 905-618-0490