Dentistry
American Dental Association Dentists Tweet Tooth Tips for National Children’s Dental Health Month
Sharecare Hosts “Chat-n-Chomp: Kid’s Dental Health,” Feb. 28, noon-2 p.m. Eastern Time
Ontario dentist makes a new app for Blackberry Playbook
My app is free to download and use and I created it with Canadian dentists in mind for practical chair-side use. When I discuss with patients the bad effect of their smoking habit, I like to discuss not only the health but also financial cost of their habit. I finally got the idea, why not … Read more
Nobel Biocare launches first official apps for iPad and iPhone
Nobel Biocare has launched its first official apps in the Apple App Store to provide interested dental professionals the possibility to view the latest information and innovations from Nobel Biocare. The new apps are built around the new publication, Nobel Biocare News, which launched in November of 2011. With these new apps, Nobel Biocare News … Read more
Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry
Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry is the first comprehensive reference text for Esthetic Dentistry. CED is an innovative approach to dental education; offered both on-line and in print, it covers both routine and advanced esthetic procedures in step-by-step detail. The 35 chapters cover every imaginable topic from diagnostics to smile design, from bleaching to porcelain veneers, from … Read more
IDS 2013 gathering momentum
Very keen exhibitor interest – once again more than 1,900 exhibitors expected – Top assessments by participants at IDS 2011 underline the position of IDS as a world leading fair In just over a year’s time the next IDS will open its doors in Cologne from 12th to 16th March 2013. But even at this … Read more
Colgate Canada Launches New Oral Health Advisor Program For Dental Hygienists
Today, Colgate Canada launched the Colgate* Oral Hygiene Advisor, a complimentary professional enhancement and patient education program created exclusively for Dental Hygienists. For the first time in Canada, Dental Hygienists can enroll in a free program that offers professional enhancement and patient education. Enrollees in the Colgate* Oral Health Advisor (COHA) Program, will have access … Read more
1 Minute in Your Dental Chair Can Save a Life…
Lise Fabello is one of the lucky ones. Routine screening with UFIT, an advanced vital signs monitoring device, led to the diagnosis of a serious medical condition and may even have saved her life. Although she was feeling unwell for some time, Lise didn’t go to her doctor. It was only when her dentist started … Read more
Trance & Communication – An Alternative Paradigm
Dentistry has credibility issues. Over many years we have reassured ourselves that we are a much loved and appreciated profession, However, the reality is actually worse than we have lead ourselves to believe. How do we know this? The Canadian Dental Association commissioned an Ipsos-Reid survey. The results are sobering. Apparently only nine percent of … Read more
Practical Considerations for Treating the Anxious Dental Patient
INTRODUCTIONDental anxiety is a common phenomenon. In a recent Canadian survey, 5.5% of respondents reported being “very afraid or terrified” of dental visits, and a further 9.8% were “somewhat afraid”.1 Dental anxiety prevalence, of a clinical significance, varies based on criteria used to measure it and the population studied. In general, worldwide estimates range from … Read more
The Hypertensive Patient
(A review of the latest Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension as it applies to the dentist)
Caffeine Withdrawal from Procedural Sedation
CASE: A 45-yr-old male presented for restorative treatment under deep intravenous sedation indicated by dental anxiety to the sound of the drill. The medical history included sleep apnea, depression, paranoid delusional disorder, insomnia, chronic pain from sciatica, and obesity (BMI 36.1 kg/m2). Current medications included daily use of morphine 240 mg, three tablets of Percocet, … Read more
Glucagon in the Dental Emergency Kit?
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the general populace continues to grow, and along with increasing life expectancy it can be expected that dentists will have an increasing proportion of diabetic patients. Data from Statistics Canada show in the period of 2009 to 2010, nearly 140,000 new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in Canada with … Read more
A History of Patient Comfort (Part 2) – Passing Gas (1540-1847)
The story of inhalational anaesthesia leading up to Ether Day is as much about personalities as it is about science. Actually, it’s more about the people than the chemistry. Oxygen, nitrous oxide and ether were each discovered before their use could really be sorted out, not unlike the Internet. The personalities involved included (in alphabetical … Read more
Dental Internet Directory
ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS OF ONTARIO The official voice of Registered Dental Technologists in Ontariowww.ADTO.org CANADIAN DENTAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION Because bad things happen to good dentists.www.cdpa.com ONTARIO ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY Quality of care through life long learning.www.ontarioagd.org TORONTO ACADEMY OF DENTISTRY Toronto Meetings Calendar, CE, Winter Clinic, Society Listings, etc.www.tordent.com CONTINUING EDUCATION FACULTÉ OF ORTHODONTIC RESEARCH & … Read more
2011 SLSA Quiz Answers
2011 was the final year of the SLSA program in Oral Health. The 8-question quiz appearedin the November ’11 issue. Unlike previous years, SLSA was not invloved in processing the results of forwarding names of particpants to the provinival licensing auhorites. Contact your own CE administrator at your provincial licensing autority. Please see SLSA Quiz … Read more
AllHealthCanada.com Lunches with $20,000 Healthcare Makeover Contest
AllHealthCanada.com is celebrating the announcement of their website launch with a $20,000 Healthcare Makeover contest. AllHealthCanada.com is the only comprehensive healthcare website in Canada that features thousands of reputable healthcare & wellness practitioners and professionals and matches them with people in their communities in need of their services. From now until April 30, 2012, interested … Read more
Pre-Veneered Stainless Steel Crowns – An Aesthetic Alternative
Years ago, a father came into my offce with his young son. The boy had rampant decay involving multiple surfaces on all of his primary molars. To make matters more complex, the child had behavioural issues – as we seem to see more and more frequently these days. ADHD and sensory perception disorder made it … Read more