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Pacific Dental Conference · March 9, 2012
Official Meeting News · Vol. 3, No. 2
More ‘Live Dentistry’
on stage today
Latest word on oral
cancer screening
The Live Dentistry
stage in the exhibit hall
remains active today,
with three more sessions
on the schedule.
As the patient profile has
changed, so have best
practices in screening
and communicating with
your patients.
A bustling exhibit hall
and education sessions on
Thursday were filled with
learners, educators, shoppers and wish-listers. See
anybody you know?
»page 2
»page 4
»pages 5 & 6
Artistic start
Diverse educational
options and must-have
exhibitor products set the
tone for this year’s PDC
Attendees pick up conference bags Thursday morning against the backdrop of one of the Vancouver Convention Centre’s
hemlock walls, which also appear in the bag’s design. Above the crowd is “Floats” by Finnish sculptor Jaakko Pernu, who
crafted the work with beetle-kill pine from British Columbia forestlands. (Photo/Robert Selleck, Dental Tribune)
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Scenes from the PDC
There were nearly 12,000 visitors
to the convention centre for the Pacific
Dental Conference on Thursday. The
day started with a peaceful hush in
the nearly empty pathways of the
exhibit hall Thursday morning, but
that quickly changed once the morning lectures ended at 11:30 and attendees poured through the entrance on
the hunt for products and services.
Here are a few booths that stood out to
us as we walked the exhibit hall floor.
Treasure Tower World (No. 1350) —
Representatives say that the Treasure
Tower is the most effective rewards
system in the world and accepts both
tokens and quarters. You can place the
toy-filled tower in your office to reward
children for good checkups. The sanitary, organized and self-contained unit
takes up little floor space and will
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Tonight: Music, comedy, dancing
Dancing’s a given tonight, but The
Timebenders Experience offers a fun
bonus, too: It promises to be hilarious.
The Friday Night Social Event,
6:45–10 p.m. at the Vancouver Convention Centre, delivers a musical romp
through the ages, featuring dance
music and outrageous impersonations of the greatest popular music
stars of the past 60 years.
The fast-paced, high-energy show
includes more than 22 costume changes, all backed by an upbeat choreography.
Catch up with friends and colleagues while enjoying a light snack,
beverage and lots of dancing and
laughing.
It’s ‘Viva Vancouver’ tonight, with a
little less conversation and a lot more
hilarity, courtesy of The Timebenders
Experience. (Photo/Provided by The
Timbenders Experience)
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What to do next?
The Live Dentistry Stage (find it on
the west side of the exhibit hall) was
the center of highly focused attention
Thursday. Two sessions were on schedule for the fully functioning operatory
that features procedures in real time
with real patients.
If you weren’t able to catch one of the
live (and on the giant-screen) sessions
yesterday, you get three more opportunities today, at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
The challenge though isn’t narrowing down your choice among the
Live Dentistry selection; the real challenge is reaching a decision on your
overall conference options for the lectures, hand-on workshops and other
educational offerings vying for your
attention today.
You’re facing about 50 possible sessions to choose from, most worth C.E.
credit and most at no extra charge.
If you’re struggling with analysis
paralysis or debating the possibility of
using a coin toss to pick your sessions,
START
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He may be unrecognizable with all the hardware around him, but this is Dr.
Robert Lowe on the Live Dentistry Arena Stage on Thursday. The stage is located on
the west side of the exhibit hall and features three more lecturers today. Seats fill
quickly so arrive early if you’re attending one of today’s sessions.
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consider giving this approach a try:
Don’t pick the sessions you think you
could teach, and don’t pick the topics
you’ve always been fascinated by or
most curious about. Instead, drop in on
a session you think may not really apply
to your practice and keep your mind as
open as a new dental student’s. You just
may end up leaving with your highestvalue insight of the conference and
some renewed excitement and enthusiasm about your near-term goals.
Darcy
Chorley asks,
“Have you
ever thought
of giving
up laundry
detergent
forever?” Now
you can, with
SmartKlean
(booth No.
1452), which
uses ceramic
pellets.
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from page 1
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provide positive reinforcement for a
young child’s trip to the dentist.
SmartKlean (No. 1452) — Ever hear
of reusable laundry detergent? Well
it’s not detergent as you know it, but
SmartKlean is an eco-friendly method
of washing clothes without detergent
that can save you money. One of these
washing balls can be used to wash
18 pounds of clothes a day for 365
days before you need to replace it.
Natural ceramics in the ball emit ions
that weaken adherence of the dirt
and quickly eliminate it from fabrics
without the need for soap. Save $5 and
additional taxes by purchasing here at
the show.
Sinclair Dental (No. 729) — This
full-service dental supply company is
Canadian owned and operated. The
company strives to improve customer
satisfaction, provide innovative solutions and adapt to the dental industry’s
ever-changing trends and needs. During the exhibition, you can get a free
whitening treatment.
Exan Mercedes Software (No. 1035)
— The company is a leader in dental practice management software
development. On Thursday, Victoria
Zazulak lectured about the software to
a sizeable group gathered at the booth.
VELscope (No. 1635) — VELscope Vx
is LED Dental’s latest model release
in the VELscope system. It’s cordless,
compact and an affordable option, even
for multiple operatories to discover
oral abnormalities. VELscope’s bluespectrum light causes the soft tissues
of the mouth to naturally fluoresce.
The exhibit hall is open until 5:30
p.m. today, so there is still plenty of
time to hit all the booths on your list
and even add some extra ones.
Victoria Zazulak lectures at the Exan
Mercedes Software booth (No. 1035) on
Thursday. (Photos/Robin Goodman,
Dental Tribune)
Editor/Designer U.S. Show Dailies
Kristine Colker
k.colker@dental-tribune.com
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Ginny Potter, left, and certified dental
assistant Charlotte Schwaricke at the
Treasure Tower World booth (No. 1350).
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Digital Orca, by Douglas Coupland, is
worth a quick side trip on the way to
the exhibit floor or education sessions.
It’s on the convention centre’s west
side, near the float plane terminal.
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PDC mobile app
Scan this QR code to access the
app right now or download the
app from your app store by
searching “PDC 2012.”
Shervin Nowtash at the Sinclair
Dental booth (No. 729) was peppered
with questions about the free whitening
being offered through today.
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Conference in Vancouver, British
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2012.
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Pacific Dental Conference — March 9, 2012
Oral cancer: An emerging pandemic?
Saturday’s ‘sex talk’ will change the way you screen for oral cancer and discuss the disease with patients
By Robert Selleck, Managing Editor
In much the same way that the
profile of today’s oral cancer patient
has dramatically changed in recent
years, so too has the best-practice
approach to screening.
“It’s been a paradigm shift,” said
Jo-Anne Jones, RDH, who speaks
internationally on the topic. “At
one point, we were very confident
in identifying those in our patient
population we felt were at risk:
smokers; heavy drinkers; over 40.
Now we’re seeing this much younger
profile that doesn’t possess those
traditional risk factors or similar
etiologic factors.”
In her session from 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Saturday, Jones advocates for an
annual, comprehensive oral-cancer
screening for every adult or patient
of a sexually active age. “We need to
be looking at this younger population with greater scrutiny because
they are at greater risk — with the
disease being primarily sexually
transmitted now, by virus. It’s a
life-saving examination that takes
between two and four minutes.”
The biggest hurdle for many dental professionals, Jones said, has
nothing to do with devoting time to
learning more about early signs and
providing a more comprehensive
exam to a bigger patient base. The
challenge for many, she said, is getting comfortable with explaining to
patients the change that has taken
place and why an office’s approach to
screening has had to change, too. “It’s
a tricky subject to talk about oral sex
with our patients. It’s something that
many of us are not really comfortable
Jo-Anne Jones,
RDH, says a
comprehensive
oral screening can
be accomplished
in under four
minutes. She
takes you through
it on Saturday.
(Photo/Provided
by Jo-Anne Jones)
Here at the PDC
The session “Oral Cancer: An Emerging
Pandemic?” by Jo-Anne Jones, RDH, is
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday in
VCC room 301. Handouts available online include a medical history update
form with a number of questions designed to reveal a variety of potential
health problems linked to oral health.
You can contact Jones at jjones@rdhconnection.com.
with, especially, perhaps, with the
opposite sex,” Jones said.
Adding to the challenge is the
potential for having to let a patient
know about a suspicious finding,
another area that falls outside the
type of health information a dental
professional may be more used to
delivering.
In her presentation, Jones goes
far beyond providing details on how
to perform a comprehensive patient
assessment and screening. She goes
straight to the heart of the oftentimes
more challenging communication
issues, giving dentists, hygienists,
assistants and other staff guidance
that will increase confidence and
comfort levels.
Jones said it’s important to use
clear, direct language to explain
the reasons for the examination
because many patients may not have
ever experienced a comprehensive
screening before. Jones explained
that it’s important for dental patients
to understand that a dental checkup
today involves far more than checking for clean teeth and cavities.
Beyond the need for clarity, she
said, there’s just as much need for
sensitivity. For example, if there
is a suspicious finding, there’s no
need to use the term “biopsy” or
other language a patient might find
frightening when, instead, it can be
just as clear to refer to, “a very, very
small tissue sampling,” followed by,
“Ninety-nine percent of the time, it’s
absolutely nothing, but our practice
is dedicated to early detection and
better outcomes.”
Jones said that because it appears
that many dental patients are not
receiving comprehensive assessments and screenings, Health Canada, with backing from a number
of health-care industry companies,
is investing millions of dollars in
efforts to increase awareness.
Much of the information is focused
on the human papilloma virus (HPV),
which Jones said has accounted for a
225 percent increase in oropharyngeal cancers between 1988 and 2004.
The website www.hpvinfo.ca states
that “75 percent of sexually active
Canadians will have at least one HPV
infection in their lifetime. Most cases
of HPV are found in people aged 15
to 24.”
In her presentation, Jones shares
some of the latest information on HPV
and the HPV vaccination. Another
key area she focuses on, inspired
by recent headlines, is how to identify the subtle symptoms that went
unnoticed in movie star Michael
Douglas prior to his oral cancer diagnosis: slight earache, enlarged lymph
node on one side of the neck, the feeling of something being caught in the
throat, a sore throat, persistent sore
throat or infection.
Jones encourages every dental
professional to take her message to
heart, and she said that those with
teenagers at home will leave her session with valuable guidance not just
professionally but of critical importance personally as well.
Health Canada website oral health quick facts
In Canada, oral cancer is the 13th most common cancer (ranking 6th worldwide)
• In 2010, the number of new cases and
deaths because of oral cancer was predicted
to be almost three times higher than cervical
cancer and double the rates of liver cancer.
• The five-year survival rate for oral cancer
is 63 percent, compared with survival rates
of cervical cancer at 75 percent.
• Risk factors reported include age, smoking, alcohol, human papilloma virus (HPV),
gender, diet and sun exposure.
2011 estimated new cases/agestandardized incidence rate for cancers
(Photo/Provided by Canadian Dental
Hygienists Association)
• Oral — 3,600 (Canadian men and women)
• Cervical — 1,300
2011 estimated deaths/age-standardized
mortality rates for cancers
• Oral — 1,150 (Canadian men and women)
• Cervical — 350
Oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk factors
• Age, race and gender
• Tobacco or alcohol consumption
• Combined use of tobacco/alcohol
• Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light
• Dietary deficiencies
• Immunosuppression
• Human papilloma virus
(Sources: Health Canada and Canadian Cancer
Society/Canadian Cancer Statistics)
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Scenes from Thursday
Miki Tiedt at
the NuSmile
booth (No.
455) can tell
you all about
these pediatric
crowns
that can be
completed
in a single
appointment
via an easy
placement
technique.
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JP LeBlanc
at the
Instrumentarium
booth (No. 1146).
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Gala apples from British Columbia greet attendees entering the exhibit hall Thursday morning. Dental assistants Susie Suk,
from left, Ying Wan, Alice Ng and Krosang Lee, from three separate practices in the Vancouver area, follow the directions on
the sign above the display of apples: “Bite Me.” This is the third PDC the trio has attended together.
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Territory Manager Julia Kennedy
has information worth tweeting about:
all the details on The Canary System, a
laser-based diagnostic device (Henry
Schein booth No. 709).
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Photos by
Robin Goodman,
Dental Tribune
Erlene Thomas at the Beutlich booth
(No. 236) pauses for a photo between
visitors.
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Randy Bailey holds a box of BEAUTIFUL Flow Plus at the Shofu booth (No. 304).
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Austin Holder, left, and Martin
Krzeczynski at the Carl Zeiss booth (No.
652) on Thursday afternoon.
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Wayne Rees can tell you all about the
VELscope Vx , which is a cordless, compact and affordable option for assisting
in the discovery of oral abnormalities
(booth No. 1635).
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Melanie
Bernier,
from left,
Chadi Saade
and Jennifer
Murphy at the
Dental Savings
Corp. booth
(No. 1225).
5
Rene Mairinger, left, and Dr.
Ernie Schmidt pause during their
conversation at the Sirona booth (No.
513) to smile for the camera.
5
Just after the exhibit hall opened Thursday morning, Frank Cortes, left, and
Henric Karsk at the Directa booth (No. 347) are all smiles as they wait for attendees
to be released from the morning lectures.
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AD
The gang’s all here at the Oral
Sciences booth (No. 1029).
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Coated pediatric crowns
turn sceptic into advocate
Carla Cohn, DMD, tried NuSmile in response to so many
parents flatly saying ‘No’ to exposed stainless steel
When early childhood caries creates
the need for restorations, a treatment
of choice for strength, durability and
protection has long been basic stainless steel crowns. But when it comes
to esthetics — especially with anterior
teeth — shiny stainless steel quickly
loses top ranking.
For many dentists, that means
facing the challenges of strip crowns or
composites. In 1991, NuSmile® joined
the effort to end the esthetics-versusdurability dilemma, introducing its
proprietary approach to manufacturing coated stainless steel crowns.
“There are a few other companies that have similar products, but
NuSmile has performed with consistently higher results in laboratory
studies that measure things such as
fracture and fatigue resistance, color
stability and wear,” said NuSmile CEO
and President Diane Johnson Krueger. “Also, in two separate surveys of
pediatric dentists, more dentists preferred NuSmile Crowns than any other
esthetic pediatric crown offered.”
One such dentist would be Carla
Cohn, DMD, of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
who works exclusively in children’s
dentistry. With 20 years of experience, she also is a clinical instructor at
the University of Manitoba and international lecturer on pediatric dentistry
issues.
“Immediately following dental
school, I entered into a general dentistry private practice,” Cohn said. “But
my true passion was for the children,
and after a children’s-hospital dental
internship, I limited my practice to
children. I haven’t had a moment’s
regret since. For me, treating kids, all
day every day, is a pleasure.”
Cohn was introduced to NuSmile
Crowns at a dental convention exhibition booth, but wasn’t a quick convert.
“Initially, I dismissed the need for such
a product,” she said. “I mistakenly
thought I could treat the kids in my
practice with my current armamentarium: strip crowns, composite and stainless steel crowns. In time, I realized
how invaluable these esthetic crowns
really are.”
Today, Cohn has come full circle,
frequently appearing at dental conferences to guide fellow practitioners through the NuSmile process.
Her answers to a series of questions
presented by Dental Tribune provide
insight into her journey from sceptic
to advocate.
Here at the PDC
Learn more at the NuSmile Crowns
booth, No. 454, in the exhibit hall. Call
NuSmile at (800) 346-5133 or visit online at www.nusmilecrowns.com.
What made you want to try NuSmile?
Over the years, I spent countless hours
fussing over anterior strip crowns — trying to maintain a dry field, finishing and
polishing and never being quite happy
with the results. I worried that those
teeth that needed pulpal treatment
would ultimately fail due to leakage
of the composite. After time, the strip
crowns would stain and chip. NuSmile
Crowns are much less technique sensitive than strip crowns. Moisture and
hemorrhage control are not as crucial to
their success as with strip crowns. They
are more durable than strip crowns,
and will not exhibit leakage and risk
failure of a pulpally treated tooth due to
contamination. Best of all, they give an
esthetic result with virtually no finishing required.
What about posterior teeth?
For posterior teeth, there are clear
indications for full coverage: large
and extensive caries, pulpally treated
teeth, high-risk patients. Stainless steel
crowns are the gold standard for restoration of these teeth, but the esthetics of a stainless steel crown are very
clearly lacking. It is becoming more and
more common for parents to be seeking
an esthetic alternative. Far too many
practitioners place composites in these
teeth, and they are simply doomed to
fail. The simple fact is, that unless you
have this in your armamentarium, you
cannot provide an esthetic alternative
in these situations.
What are some advantages of NuSmile
products compared with others?
I have found the finish of NuSmile
Crowns to be very esthetic. The facing
has a natural appearance. The sizing
system is easy to work with, and in
my experience, they have been very
durable. I have had great success with
the retention and wear of the NuSmile
Crowns. The parents in my practice
have been delighted. I have had several
patients come seeking a second opinion
from me, and when I am able to offer
them an alternative to a stainless steel
crown, they are thrilled.
Dr. Carla Cohn reports great success with the retention and wear of NuSmile
Crowns. ‘Parents in my practice have been delighted,’ she said. (Photo/Provided by
NuSmile Crowns)
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Once Cohn committed to trying
NuSmile, mastery came quickly.
“It really is easy to prep for the
NuSmile Crowns and place them,” she
said. “General practitioners in particular, who are accustomed to preparing
teeth for full coverage as in a porcelaintype crown, will find the preparation
very similar in the amount of tooth
structure that must be removed. It only
takes one or two times to get used to
working with them.”
The more success Cohn had with
NuSmile Crowns, the more she found
herself recommending them.
As a former sceptic, she puts this
question to the hesitant: “If a parent or
patient flat out refuses a stainless steel
crown due to esthetics — what are you
going to use as a restoration? If you don’t
have an esthetic full-coverage alternative, you have no alternative.”
Cohn said she has learned that
practitioners can’t just act on the needs
of patients, but also must understand
desires. “We must be able to deliver
quality treatment with confidence,”
she said.
Learn more at the Pacific Dental Conference by visiting the NuSmile Crowns
booth (No. 454), calling (800) 346-5133
or visiting www.nusmilecrowns.com.
(Source: NuSmile Crowns)
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Transparent matrices: Easy, versatile
“Sealed surfaces and surfaces finished
solely by a matrix were approximately 10
times less rough than after other finishing procedures. … The sealer failed to
cover the whole composite surface. The
unfinished and sealed surfaces lost their
shine three to seven days after placement
in the mouth.”*
Directa’s CoForm matrix system is
a unique set of preformed transparent
matrixes, made of celluloid plastic, specifically designed to deal with composite restorations around difficult incisal
edges and tooth fractures. The matrices
conform easily to the patient’s dentition
to provide a natural-looking restoration.
They are applied over the cavity after
Here at the PDC
For more about the Directa CoForm
matrix system, visit Directa AB at booth
No. 347. Or you may call (205) 788-4224
or visit www.directadental.com.
etching and bonding with a slight movement to avoid air bubbles. When securely
in place, excessive composite material
should be removed.
A prime benefit of CoForm is that it
aids pressure to force composite material
into cavities and etched tubes. There is little waste when using CoForm, compared
with disposable matrices. Light curing is
carried out through the transparent sur-
face of the CoForm matrix.
CoForm’s convenient readycut mesial and distal corners do
not adhere to composite, so they
are easy to remove without causing drag after the restoration is
light-cured. It’s available in four
sizes to accommodate almost any clinical
application — canine, anterior or first
molars. Packaging is a handy clinical
dispenser with a simple size-selection
system to find a suitable form, providing
ease of use for the clinician.
Directa is a privately owned Swedish dental manufacturer, founded
in 1916. It is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of dental products.
Other renowned Directa products
Fig. 2
Fig. 1
Fig. 2: Light curing a CoForm
5 Fig. 1: Applying a Directa CoForm
(Photos/Provided by Directa AB)
include FenderMate, FenderWedge,
Luxator Extraction Instruments, PractiPal Tray System and ProphyPaste CCS.
* MA Pollard, Curzon JA, Fenion WL. Mise à jour
de la Dent. Mai 1991, 18 (4): 150–2
(Source: Directa AB)
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New oral health
site supports
professional
development
Colgate-Palmolive, a world leader
in oral care, has announced the launch
of the Colgate Oral Health Network for
Professional Education and Development
— an online resource dedicated to helping
dental professionals improve the oral
health and well-being of their patients.
Through a partnership with the
Dental Tribune Study Club (DTSC), the
Colgate Oral Health Network provides
access to some of the latest information and developments in oral health.
The online network offers educational
resources such as live webinars and ondemand seminars. Dental professionals
can access the free benefits of the Colgate
Oral Health Network by registering at
www.colgateoralhealthnetwork.com.
“Colgate has been a long-standing
partner of dental professionals worldwide,” said Barbara Shearer, director of
scientific affairs at Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals. “The launch of the Colgate Oral
Health Network marks an expansion of
our commitment to oral health education
as we continue to help keep the profession connected with up-to-date news and
e-learning opportunities.”
The Colgate Oral Health Network also
serves as an interaction platform for dental professionals worldwide by incorporating various cultures and new perspectives into the online educational mix.
To learn more or to join the Colgate
Oral Health Network, visit the website
www.colgateoralhealthnetwork.com.
(Sources: Colgate-Palmolive, DTSC)
Here at the PDC
To learn more about the Dental Tribune
Study Club and Colgate Oral Health
Network, visit Colgate at booth No. 528.
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Pacific Dental Conference — March 9, 2012
Three walking tours right in
the heart of Vancouver
By Fred Michmershuizen,
Dental Tribune
Vancouver is a great city to explore.
For attendees who might want to get
outside and do a little walking, there
are plenty of options. Here are three.
False Creek
In 1859, a British surveyor discovered
that a centuries-old fishing settlement
he was interested in did not connect to
Vancouver’s inner harbor.
He was so disappointed with his discovery he dismissed the area as a “false
creek.” Today, that area is lined with
restaurants and waterfront condominiums on the downtown/Yaletown side
and the markets, marinas and shops of
Granville Island on the other.
Begin at the Main Street SkyTrain
station to take a look at the area’s last
remaining industrial waterfront along
First Avenue. Pass beneath the Cambie
AD
Street Bridge and into another world of
parkland, seawall footpaths, marinas
and enclaves of charming houses and
apartments.
Take a short walk to Granville Island
and its famous public market, or hop a
ferry across the creek to explore the
other side of False Creek, known as
Yaletown.
Yaletown
Yaletown was previously known as a
warehouse district without much to
draw people in, other than business.
But during the dot-com boom of the late
’90s, Yaletown began to be transformed
into the hub of emerging high-tech
companies.
The area quickly became the place
to work, live and eat, with restaurants,
coffee shops, nightclubs and condos
developing at an intense rate. Now
Yaletown is a bustling community with
amenities, activities and sights.
Start at Mainland or Hamilton and
take a moment to grab lunch or coffee from the many establishments in
the area. Continuing down Davie, you
soon come across the seawall. Originally, Stanley Park’s Seawall ended
at the Burrard Bridge, but now it continues through Yaletown to Main
Street/Science World.
Turning right at the end of Davie
takes you for a walk along the water
to Science World — or the “Golf Ball”
as locals call it — and, past that, all the
way to Granville Island, if you desire a
long walk.
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is truly a walker’s paradise right in the heart of the city. It’s
one of the largest urban parks in North
America, with 1,000 acres of woodlands, gardens, flowers, trails, lakes,
beaches and wildlife.
Circumnavigate the park via the
False Creek, from Vanier Park (Photo/
Ann Badjura, www.dreamstime.com)
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seawall (a brisk, two-hour walk) or
take the road less traveled around
Lost Lagoon or Beaver Lake to view the
resident geese, swans and raccoons.
Stanley Park is home to the Vancouver
Aquarium as well as a children’s farmyard, tennis courts, pitch and putt golf
course.
(Source: Tourism Vancouver)
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