CLOTHING Pepe brand blue jeans, button-fly, size 30 with black leather Calvin Klein belt; Fundamentals black t-shirt, size M; long sleeved, dark blue, cotton t-shirt; Replay Blue Jeans brand, black colored running shoes, small size, fairly worn; black cotton underwear; silver ring with aqua colored stone on right hand, pinky finger. On September 5th, 2001, … Read more
By Keith Titley BDS, MScD, FRCD(C), Mark Merryfield DMD, Howard Stein BSc, DDS, MEd. Infected primary molar teeth display radiographic bony changes that are different from those of permanent molars.1 Typically the infection is the result of caries progressing towards the pulp with consequent necrosis and abscess formation. In permanent teeth the infection spreads though … Read more
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 the same for restorative dentistry. Blending the best of adhesion into endodontic obturation has now become reality. In the authors’ opinion, adhesion in canal obturation represents … Read more
By Daniel Fortin, DMD, MS; Genevive Guertin, DMD, MS; Athena Papadakis BDS (Hons), FDS, RCS (Eng), M.Sc., FRCDC ABSTRACT Clinical management of patients with spacing of the anterior teeth following orthodontic treatment is often necessary. When creating space orthodontically, a number of important questions arise as restorative treatment will often require orthodontic space redistribution prior … Read more
Although journal coverage of this subject is ubiquitous, confusion22 still exists regarding the original if, how, and when formula.1 A recent Medline search yielded over one hundred articles between 1999 and 2004. All of the articles were peer reviewed, some were bench top in vitro studies and unfortunately, many were contradictory. It is this paucity … Read more
ASSOCIATIONS CANADIAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTOLOGY Excellent source of informationon periodontics. www.cap-acp.ca CANADIAN DENTAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION Bad things happen to good dentists. www.cdpa.com iCANADEN…internet CANAdian DENtistry An OPEN FORUM on the business and practice of dentistry. www.canaden.com ONTARIO STUDY CLUB FOR OSSEOINTEGRATION Seminar calendar and OSCO Information. www.osco.org TORONTO ACADEMY OF DENTISTRY Toronto Meetings Calendar, CE, … Read more
In a great many of the cases that cross my desk for implant consultation, the teeth that are going to be replaced with implants have either: 1. been missing for a substantial period of time, or 2. have recently been extracted by a ‘what ever it takes’ style of dentistry in which the labial bone … Read more
I read with dismay the misinformation in Dr. Jordan Soll’s column. I would encourage Dr. Soll or anyone with an interest in AACD policy and issues to contact the AACD office before speculating about the Academy’s policies. I have been Executive Director for just under two years. Nowhere in the policies or literature of AACD … Read more
The general assumption used to be (and perhaps still is) that written business plans were for people just starting out in business or for those seeking a bank loan or investment. However, the standard business plan has evolved. It’s become a living document that grows with the business over the years. A detailed yet concise document in your practice is an important tool for measuring your growth and your goals.
When I ask dentists what they believe marketing to be, they usually respond with one word, advertising. Advertising is certainly a component of marketing but it is not marketing. Advertising, says The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, is “any material related to your practice which is published, displayed, distributed, or used, whether by … Read more
Most Canadians don’t protect themselves against the loss of their earning power. This year, one in eight working Canadians will become disabled for more than three months and half of these individuals will be disabled for more than three years. Usually when one is asked “what is their most valuable asset?” The responses are their … Read more
Deciphering the Application Minefield
The importance of nutrition to dental health has been common knowledge for a long time. Several studies demonstrate this close correlation and highlight the circuitous relationship between malnutrition, infectious disease (such as periodontal disease), and the immune system. Infections promote malnutrition and malnutrition elicits auto-immune dysfunction; this impaired immunity, in turn, intensifies the infectious disease.1 … Read more
By John A. Svirsky, DDS, MEd, James C. Burns, DDS, MS, PHD, Dennis G. Page, DDS, MS and Louis M. Abbey, DMD, MS The good news for dentists and their patients is that the poor prognosis from oral cancer is going to improve in the near future. This is because dentists are now able to … Read more
The SLSA Program is based on a series of questions, answers, rationales and references followed by an annual 15-question quiz. All material is from current referenced literature. Completion of the quiz leads to CE points. Names and license numbers of dentists are forwarded to the appropriate licensing authorities. QUESTION 21 For a patient with asthma, … Read more
A unique experience leads to a new perspective For the past eight years, I have had the privilege of getting to know dentistry from a most unique perspective! I have worked as an on-site dentist inside a commercial dental laboratory serving as doctor-technician liaison, technical consultant, and mentor to more than 200 dentists and technicians. … Read more
In today’s business world we are taught that in order to succeed, we must be great at what we do. Unfortunately dental practice management consultants are not well prepared to give us insight on how the dental practice and dental lab may best work together.
With summer’s arrival, now is the time to turn up the heat on your commitment to move your practice from “good” to “great”. In the final part of this two-part article I’ll share with you what is working for “great” practices for their financial health as well as advanced scheduling techniques. Making dentistry affordable for … Read more
Dr. Mandana Nikoui, a pediatric dentist in Ottawa, had just purchased a property in which to establish her new practice when she fortuitously happened across a feature in Dental Practice Management highlighting a pediatric office that had recently opened in Oakville, ON. Impressed by the child-friendly environment that had been accomplished there by the Toronto-based … Read more
This was the question posed by Henry Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross. Yes, it is possible. Approximately 85 aid agencies are currently working in Iraq, but rising attacks on civilians and increasing violence in the lead-up to the June 30 handover are prompting some agencies to develop exit strategies. Goodness knows, dentists have … Read more