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Dr. Jenna DavisFamily Chiropractor/Acupuncturist

Alliance Healthcare Professionals905.845.2291

CHIROPRACTIC IS......

HEALTH

Safe

Effective

A Family Affair

And has ONE side effect....

Everyone deserves a beautiful smile and with tremendousadvances in aesthetic dentistry there is no reason to put up withanything less. Dental implants often provide a more advancedreplacement technology for a missing tooth than a traditionalbridge.

If you look at the traditional implant procedure it requires theplacement of one or more implants and after the 3-6 month heal-ing period the teeth could be made and put in the mouth. If thepatient needed immediate replacement of teeth, they would haveto wear a removeable denture.

“Teeth in a Day” is where the patient has implants placed inthe morning and a temporary tooth or bridge can be placed in themouth and attached to the implant on the same day. “Teeth in aDay” is dependent on the stability of the implant and the boneavailable. Sometimes it cannot be performed.

Any patient wishing for fixed teeth and not wanting to waitfor the traditional healing period of time before placing a toothon the implant is an ideal candidate. The ideal patient would also

have adequate available bone for the procedure. A patient with-out available bone would not be able to undergo such a proce-dure but could have bone added through grafting first.

The advantage with “Teeth in a Day” over traditional dentalimplants is that patients do not have to wait for the healing peri-od before we can use the implants.

The cost varies from case to case based on the teeth involvedbut can range from $3,000-$6,000/tooth

The recovery period for most people is very short:2-3 dayswith virtually no pain.The success rate is approximately 97%.Thelongest known implant is 43 years old. Implants should last a life-time if recall appointments are done on a regular basis to ensureall is functioning well.

Dental Implants.... Teeth in dayH E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

This is the goal of the team of professional healthcareproviders at Dynamic Health & Performance.

The team endeavours to get the injured back in theirgame, and help the rest of their clients enjoy the benefits ofoptimal fitness.

Promoting a healthy active lifestyle for the community isthe ultimate goal of Oakville’s newest multidisciplinary clin-ic.

“We proactively promote health and fitness by educat-ing our patients on how to better maintain healthy lifestylesand practices, and coach them along the way to reach thisgoal,” said Dr. Jennifer Smeaton, a chiropractor and co-owner of the clinic.

Located at 1660 North Service Rd. E (Units 111 & 112),the 2,900-square-foot centre contains a 1,200-square-footrehab/gym that is fully equipped for injury, or group andindividual training sessions.

“Our goal is to help our patients return to, and improvetheir performance in both sport and life as quickly and safe-ly as possible,” said Dr. Benjamin Fryer, also a chiropractorand co-owner of the clinic.

Doctors Fryer, Smeaton and Jeff Weekes, who is also achiropractor and clinic co-owner, are each certified in thesoft tissue technique called Active Release TechniquesART® (a patented, state-of-the-art, soft tissue techniquethat treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fas-cia and nerves.)

Doctors Fryer and Weekes are also Certified Strength andConditioning Specialists and, doctors Smeaton and Weekesare certified to administer the Graston Technique® (used toalleviate the binding effect of scar tissue).

Dr. Fryer is also a Medical Acupuncturist and team doc-tor for Oakville Blades, while Dr. Smeaton is also a SkateCanada, level one certified coach.

Dynamic’s Registered Massage Therapists help clientsmelt away stress and tension and relieve associatedheadaches, and muscular aches and pains. Dynamic Healthand Performance also maintains a close working relation-ship 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 andfitness, power skating, custom foot orthotics and nutritionconsultation.

An active and healthylifestyle for one and all

Oakville Medical Clinic has officially opened at 2501 PrinceMichael Drive.

The new clinic offers a full family practice, walk-in care and anurgent care treatment centre. It will also be available to patientsseven days a week.

Drs. Emad Guirguis and Ashraf Ghali are the two physicianscurrently at the clinic, with a third expected to join shortly. Dr.Guirguis is the main family physician who is moving his practiceto the clinic from Milton. Dr. Ghali, who has had a larger practicein Burlington for the past six years, has opened a small practicethrough the clinic and will be the main walk-in and urgent carephysician.

Both doctors are Oakville residents and are looking forward towelcoming patients from the growing Oakville community.Oakville Medical Clinic is located at Hwy 5 and Prince MichaelDrive 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.

New medical clinicaccepting patients

History dictates that the likelihood of an influenza pandemicimpacting Canada is quite high – it is not a matter of "if," but amatter of when. It's been nearly 40 years since our world has seena global influenza pandemic and in that time the world as weknow it has changed so significantly, it becomes difficult to com-prehend just how catastrophic an influenza pandemic might be.

With globalization, outsourcing and the search for greaterefficiencies in business, our world is more interconnected thanever. Unfortunately, it's that connectivity that will enable the rapidglobal spread of an influenza pandemic.

Outbreaks will likely travel along transportation and distribu-tion chains. Transportation hubs will be especially vulnerable anddisruption at these hubs could have a permanent impact on bothcritical and service industries such as energy, utilities, telecommu-nications, financial institutions, retail, hospitality and real estate.

Some reports estimate a range of global economic lossesbetween $2-3 trillion (assuming a moderate strain). An ultra pan-

demic (2.21 per cent mortality rate), resulting in more than 140million deaths worldwide, could trigger an estimated global eco-nomic loss of $4.4 trillion.

Corporations need to review the economic and financial impli-cations a pandemic could have on their business operations,including issues like absenteeism, supply chain disruptions, thedrop or loss of key vendors, and the potential loss of customerdemand. The severity of these consequences is directly linked toan organization's ability to recover from a potential pandemicand resume normal operations.

An arsenal of activities is needed to weather the impacts of apandemic – planning, simulations, infection control equipment,technology, and stockpiling antiviral medications to help protectworkers from becoming infected are all considerations for discus-sion. All of these items in tandem will enable companies to havea better chance of maintaining some semblance of "business asusual." (CN)

The potential economic impact of an influenza pandemic