May 18-21, 2011 Boston 1-800-543-9220 or www.aacd.com Home to Higher Learning • Home to Great Teams • Home to History • Home to the AACD There is no better backdrop for the 27th Annual AACD Scientific Session than Boston, Massachusetts, as the AACD writes the next chapter of its history with The Rise of Collaboration. … Read more
There are many ways in dentistry to accomplish beautiful cosmetic results when nature does not provide an ideal canvas to paint your portrait. We, as cosmetic dentists, have the ability to create amazing things with technology that once was performed solely with a scalpel, bur and sutures. As long as we abide by the same … Read more
Acquisition Positions Align as a Leader in Intra-Oral Scanning and Accelerates Adoption of Invisalign
Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Denturists Profession in Canada in conjunction with the 2011 Annual General Meeting of Members, Convention-Educational Symposium & 9th Annual CAD Golf Tournament This year’s Annual General Meeting and Conference is being held May 25th to 28th at the exquisite Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff Alberta ~ the Castle … Read more
LED Medical Diagnostics Inc., parent of LED Dental, announced today that Steven Semmelmayer and Robert Cartagena have been named to its board of directors. Mr. Semmelmayer is a 31-year veteran of the dental industry. Until recently, he served as CEO of Discus Dental, which he led for over two years before arranging its successful sale … Read more
On Friday February 11, 2011, The T.A.D. had their second “ski for kids” for Sick Children’s Hospital. This ski day in the past has been in conjunction with the C.C.R.F. a cardiac group, but last year a decision was made to focus on children with cleft lip and palate,and with the help of Ken Croney … Read more
I was privileged on March 4th to attend the Opening Reception of the Henry Schein National Sales Conference. As one of their invited guests, I enjoyed the rousing start to the evening, courtesy of the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak. They were followed by a team of talented hip-hop dancers who were ultimately joined onstage by … Read more
What is IPR? Simply put it is the removal of interproximal enamel to reduce the mesial-distal size of teeth. Interproximal reduction became popular over the past years with the advent of bonding brackets on teeth which exposed the interproximal surfaces and created the option to gain space by modifying the enamel with slenderizing techniques. Prior … Read more
INTRODUCTION In 2008, Dr. Gordon Christensen wrote an article in JADA comparing the soft tissue cutting ability of diode lasers versus that of electrosurgery (radiosurgery) units.1 In that article, he compared these two technologies against each other, and cited advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. In this article, Christensen cited that although both technologies were … Read more
Dental bonding agents (adhesives) have been rapidly evolving since the 1950s.1 Based on the adhesion strategy, today’s adhesives can be classified as “etch-and-rinse” (4th and 5th generations) and “self-etch” (6th and 7th generations). The novel incorporation of cross-linking monomers within today’s bonding agents is allowing “smart” manufacturers to significantly improve current adhesives that may soon … Read more
In the last six months I have only used a matrix band one time, and I am enjoying class two and class three restorations more then ever, thanks to my CEREC machine and Paradigm composite blocks. I like to joke and tell people that CEREC and I are the same age in dentistry, because the … Read more
IPS e.max® CAD (Ivoclar Vivadent, Amherst, NY) is a lithium disilicate glass-ceramic that demonstrates a flexural strength of 360 MPa. Available to dentists for several years, this ceramic is milled to the desired shape while still in its metasilicate or “blue” state (i.e., approximately 130 MPa). After a 20-minute crystallization/firing process, the material achieves its … Read more
The first step on the way to the “impression-free” dental practice was taken in 1985. The inventors of the CEREC system adopted the following approach: the intraoral measurement of the tooth cavity by means of a camera sensor operating on the phase shift principle; the processing of the acquired data by means of a dedicated … Read more
When I built my office, I don’t think I gave that much thought to rules and regulations that were imposed from groups other than the College of Dentistry. I relied on the company that set up my office to make sure that things like the X-ray machines and sterilizing equipment were up to standards and … Read more
ASSOCIATIONSAssociation of Dental Technologists of OntarioThe official voice of Registered Dental Technologists in Ontariowww.ADTO.org Ccanadian Dental Protective AssociationBecause bad things happen to good dentists.www.cdpa.com Ontario Academy of General DentistryQuality of care through life long learning.www.ontarioagd.org Toronto Academy of DentistryToronto Meetings Calendar, CE, Winter Clinic, Society Listings, etc.www.tordent.com CONTINUING EDUCATIONFaculté of Orthodontic Research & Cont. Ed.Lectures … Read more
Dr. Jodi Monaghan and her hygienist Nicole Spaling of Lethbridge, AB., took part in a dental relief mission organized and run by Project LACE (loving abandoned children everywhere) in Cambodia. On January 5th, 2011, Dr. Jodi, Nicole, and 18 other medical professionals headed to Cambodia … Dr. Jodi being the only dentist on the mission. … Read more
April 28-30, 2011 Metro Toronto Convention Centre (south building) www.odaannualspringmeeting.com www.oda.on.ca
Re: The Ethics of Cosmetic Dentistry: Beneficence, Beauty or Bucks? October, 2010 I applaud the work of Karen Faith and the important message she brings in her discussion paper on ethics and jurisprudence. I do however, have a concern that for many of those who choose only to scan the title and don’t actually read … Read more
Practicing clinicians in advanced countries generally acknowledge and appreciate efforts by authors and editors to publish timely information attempting to summarize the techniques and materials and technologies that constitute the state-of-the-art or standard of care in their field. This is because few practicing dentists have the time available to scour all of the scientific data … Read more
ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES OF ONTARIOThe official voice of Registered Dental Technologists in Ontariowww.ADTO.org CANADIAN DENTAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONBecause bad things happen to good dentists.www.cdpa.com ONTARIO ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRYQuality of care through life long learning.www.ontarioagd.org TORONTO ACADEMY PF DENTISTRY Toronto Meetings Calendar, CE, Winter Clinic, Society Listings, etc.www.tordent.com CONTINUING EDUCATION CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR COSMETIC … Read more