Imagine hearing a story that you know realistically could be the truth, but when you sit down and dissect it, the story seems surreal. We all remember what we were doing when we heard the news about the planes crashing into the World Trade Centre on 9/11. Recently, I met a dentist from New Jersey … Read more
In Canada, the all terrain vehicle (ATV) industry accounts for a $3.3 billion revenue and involves 975,000 operating ATVs. Over one quarter of these funds are accounted for by the purchase of new ATVs. If sales continue to grow at the current level, the ATV industry in Canada is predicting a 5.86% annual increase through … Read more
ABSTRACT As a patient’s dental awareness and expectations increase they often seek more comfortable and functional solutions to years spent chewing with removable partial dentures. This situation is encountered quite often where the individual has become frustrated with the ongoing troubles with the removable appliance. Concerns often include sore spots or poor fit, esthetics of … Read more
With a frequency rate of one in one million individuals, cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is considered a rare disorder.1 CCD (also known as cleidocranial dysostosis) is a well defined disorder of bone development with characteristic clinical manifestations presenting in an autosomal pattern of inheritance affecting both sexes and all ethnic groups equally.1-4 CCD is characterized primarily … Read more
While many oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS) continue to battle for access to hospital resources for their patients, others have tired of this struggle and have chosen not to affiliate themselves with any hospital. The immediate personal benefit of this choice is relief from emergency call coverage. While clearly tempting, this change in practice style … Read more
How often do we examine a patient experiencing pain and wonder if the problem is odontogenic or of another origin? Making matters more complicated, how often have we concluded that the patient’s problem is of dental origin but we are unable to localize the offending tooth? With a patient in exquisite pain it can be … Read more
The SLSA program is based on current, referenced literature and consists of 40 questions, answers, rationales and references. Answers appear in the following issue at the end of each quiz. Dentists who complete the 15 question quiz in the November, 2007 issue of Oral Health may be eligible to receive continuing education points. The names … Read more
ASSOCIATIONS 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 ENDODONTICS: 2-DAY HANDS-ON COURSES IN VANCOUVER Advanced techniques for treatment of root canal … Read more
I am writing concerning the April 2007 cover of Oral Health. Dentistry is a health profession and as such certain standards need to be met with our professional journals. I feel that the April 2007 cover failed to meet these standards. No doubt that Miss. Karaca (Miss Turkey 2003) is a very beautiful woman with … Read more
Change is a significant evolutionary tool provided it rests upon a solid and secure foundation. Innovations in materials and technologies occurring within the dental field are impacting powerfully on its art and science; however, dentistry, like all health care, is both a business and a profession. The pendulum swings that predicate trends and transitions within … Read more
Philippe Sleiman PhD, FICD; Samia Abou-Jaoude DDS, DES and Roula Berberi DDS, DES
Electronic Apex Locators (EAL) were introduced to the dental profession in the early ’60s by Sunada in 1962 based on the work of Suzuki first described in 1942, where he found that the electrical resistance between a file inserted into a root canal and an electrode attached to the oral mucosa was relatively constant. The … Read more
In the July, 2004 issue of Oral Health in an article called “Bonded Obturation, A Quantum Leap Forward for Endodontics” Dr. Gary Glassman and I stated, “The surgical operating microscope and the advent of rotary nickel titanium instrumentation have both provided a quantum leap forward towards a higher standard of endodontics. Adhesion has done much … Read more
Infection, like some diseases, may have many different manifestations. It may surface at the primary site of the source, it may present with atypical signs and symptoms or it may even present at a distant site from its primary source of origin.1 Cutaneous chronic draining sinus tracts can be a manifestation of many diseases such … Read more
The focus on aesthetics has dominated both the dental profession and dental industry for the past decade. Fortunately, the pendulum’s arc has reversed and dentistry is reframing yet again. The profession is revisiting treatment planning, with all its fundamentals and rudiments, from a more functionally integrated perspective. The transition has impacted most upon the specialties, … Read more
ASSOCIATIONS 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 ENDODONTICS: 2-DAY HANDS-ON COURSES IN VANCOUVER Advanced techniques for treatment of root canal … Read more
The SLSA program is based on current, referenced literature and consists of 40 questions, answers, rationales and references. Answers appear in the following issue at the end of each quiz. Dentists who complete the 15 question quiz in the November, 2007 issue of Oral Health may be eligible to receive continuing education points. The names … Read more
The replacement of missing teeth in the maxillary anterior region remains an esthetic challenge for dentists. One has to address the multiple difficulties in managing the tissue and prosthetics. In most situations, the bone and tissue in the extraction site has receded and collapsed which creates unnatural contours for a natural appearance to the pontic … Read more
When it comes to restoring the mouth with porcelain in order to improve the aesthetics, the Porcelain Laminate Veneers (PLVs) are one of the most conservative and aesthetic techniques that we can apply. The longevity of the veneers are quite long and durable especially if the right indications are chosen and the correct techniques are … Read more
After years of calling on their professional organizations to put money and energy into building awareness of cosmetic dentistry, dentists woke up one morning and found themselves in the midst of a marketing blitz they had no idea was coming, launched by a highly unlikely source — the media.”1 This quote is from Dental Products … Read more