Forest Heights Family Dental ★9.5

The practice built around the visit nobody planned

Most clinics in this top are built around the booked recall. Forest Heights Family Dental is built around the tooth that cracks at the wrong moment: walk-ins, same-day urgent appointments, an emergency line answered around the clock. Three decades in the same northeast neighbourhood made it a family practice too, but urgent care is the spine.

Services

Urgent: acute pain, abscesses, broken and knocked-out teeth, lost fillings, swelling. Preventive and restorative: hygiene, fillings, porcelain crowns, bridges, dentures, gum therapy, root canals. Surgical: wisdom teeth, extractions, titanium implants. Alignment: braces and Invisalign planned from a digital scan. Children: sealants, fluoride, space maintainers, sports guards. Jaw disorder is its own file: splints and jaw therapy for clicking, locking and linked headaches.

Sedation, and teeth in a day

Nitrous, oral and intravenous sedation are all in the building, with breathing and heart rate monitored throughout, so anxious adults and restless children are treated here, not referred onward. Implants match it: a single implant gets a temporary the day of surgery and its permanent crown once the bone has fused; a full arch leaves the same day on a fixed temporary set.

Dentists

Dr. Dany Antony holds a DDS from Dalhousie and a general practice residency at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, where anaesthetists and oral surgeons trained him in IV sedation; wisdom teeth, minor oral surgery and implant crowns are his ground. Dr. Fatemeh Zangi, also Dalhousie, has two decades in extractions and prevention and speaks Persian. Dr. Shini George qualified in India, completed the Canadian equivalency route, and speaks Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. Dr. Maha Ashrafizadeh holds a Master of Dentistry from Griffith University; Dr. Shirin Shaikh adds Gujarati and Urdu.

Who it suits

Anyone hurting tonight who cannot wait for next month. Adults and children whose fear has pushed treatment back by years. Newcomer families who would rather describe a symptom in Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu or Persian. And households needing one clinic for the toddler, the teenager in aligners and the grandparent rebuilding an arch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will a walk-in be seen? Yes — urgent cases are worked into the running day, with evening and weekend appointments too.

Which sedation is offered? Nitrous, oral and intravenous, chosen after an assessment and monitored throughout.

Can a missing tooth be replaced in one visit? A temporary goes in the day of surgery; the permanent crown follows once the implant has fused.

Are children treated here? Yes, from the first birthday, with sealants, fluoride and space maintainers.

Is jaw pain handled? Yes — clicking, locking and TMD-linked headaches are managed with splints and jaw therapy.

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