You have found the web presence of Dr. Gordon Levin, DMD. A practicing dentist located in Duncan on the very beautiful Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. This page is intended to be a dental-patient resource. Within I've tried to answer the most common questions that are heard in dental offices today. Common sense information about mercury amalgam and fluoride help temper some of the hysterics that is the norm in Y2K. A verbose, but thorough explanation of dental insurance for Canadian patients is presented, and numerous other articles for your reading pleasure. I've tried to document any scientific articles with links to the research that supports them. In addition to the articles there are some links to other dental patient resources that you may find useful. more... See more text