Midland Dental Center
Dr. Syed Rizvi, DDS
General dentist
Dr. Rizvi handles restorative dentistry, root canal therapy, and extractions at Midland Dental Center with a calm, methodical manner.
About Dr. Syed Rizvi
Restorative dentistry, root canals, and extractions
When a tooth cracks, aches, or gives out entirely, Dr. Syed Rizvi is often the dentist Midland Dental Center patients end up seeing. He trained at the University of Toronto, where his restorative work earned a Crown and Bridge Award, and rebuilding compromised teeth has anchored his practice ever since. He describes the job less as fixing teeth than as keeping people chewing comfortably on their own teeth for as long as possible — and, when that is no longer realistic, managing the alternative with as little drama as possible.
Root canal treatment occupies a central place in that work. The procedure carries an outsized reputation, and he spends real time dismantling it: explaining that a root canal exists to end pain rather than cause it, and that the tooth is thoroughly numbed throughout. Midland Dental Center's state-of-the-art equipment helps here too, giving him a clear view of the fine canals inside a tooth and supporting precise, efficient treatment. Patients who arrive braced for an ordeal frequently leave surprised at how routine the appointment felt.
Extractions, including wisdom teeth, form the other half of his surgical caseload. Some wisdom teeth erupt cleanly and earn the right to stay; others crowd, tilt, or become chronically sore, and part of his role is telling patients frankly which situation is theirs. When removal is the right call he prepares people thoroughly — what the appointment involves, what healing looks like, what to do at home afterward — because patients who know what to expect recover with far less worry. His restorative background also means he is already thinking about what, if anything, should eventually fill the space.
Patients tend to remember his manner as much as his work. He is unhurried with anxious people, direct without being blunt, and committed to the practice's founding idea of treating every patient the way he would want to be treated himself. As part of the multi-dentist team at Midland and Eglinton, he shares the heavier surgical and root canal work across the practice, and the clinic's flexible scheduling — including weekend availability — makes it easier to deal with a painful tooth before it becomes an emergency. New patients across Scarborough are welcome.
Recognition
Recipient of a Crown and Bridge Award at the University of Toronto
How Dr. Syed Rizvi works
An approach built around understanding
Keep the tooth when the tooth deserves it
Dr. Rizvi's first instinct is preservation: if a root canal and a crown can give a tooth a genuine future, he will make that case, with the evidence from your examination in front of you.
Frank verdicts, fully explained
When extraction is the wiser route he says so directly, walks through why, and plans ahead for the gap left behind — so the decision feels reasoned rather than rushed.
Preparation as pain relief
He briefs patients on every stage of a procedure and its recovery, because knowing exactly what is coming does nearly as much for comfort as the anaesthetic does.
Your first visit
What to expect
First appointments with Dr. Rizvi usually start with a problem: a toothache, a break, a wisdom tooth making itself known. He examines the tooth, takes whatever imaging is needed, and shows you what he finds before talking options. Nothing gets decided while you are in pain and uninformed — the diagnosis and the explanation come first.
From there he lays out the realistic paths: root canal treatment and restoration if the tooth can be saved, extraction if it cannot, and the trade-offs of each. If you need time to decide, you get it. If you need the pain handled today, that becomes the priority.
Who tends to see Dr. Syed Rizvi
A good fit for
- Anyone with a toothache who wants answers before decisions
- Patients hoping to save a tooth they were told is failing
- People facing wisdom tooth removal for crowding or soreness
- Teeth that are cracked, worn, or heavily restored and need rebuilding
- Nervous patients who do better when every step is explained
Related care at Midland
Treatments that connect to Dr. Syed Rizvi’s clinical interests.
Questions about Dr. Syed Rizvi
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