The reality is hygienists already assess caries risk every day. The integration of a CAMBRA-informed approach helps us organize our clinical findings and link categorical risk groups to phased and focused action.
We need to get back to the gold standard of 5% sodium fluoride varnish for our adult patients. We must stop selling our patients short and start providing the elite, preventative treatment they deserve.
Most dental practices don’t fail suddenly. They slowly lose momentum. The real problem isn’t effort, it’s invisible inefficiencies. These are the silent killers of practice performance.
The term Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) might seem daunting, but it’s a crucial and positive commitment in oral healthcare — not just another burden.
As a dentist, adding before and after photos to your dental website makes complete sense. You want patients to see what’s possible. You want them to look at your work and think “That’s amazing, I want that.” And naturally, you take the kind of photos that show off the actual work. Detailed close-ups of the … Read more
For years, dental hygienists have searched for the perfect dental office. The perfect schedule. The perfect dentist. The perfect patients. The perfect culture. Eventually, most discover a hard truth: No dental office is perfect. Not because dentistry is broken. Not because teams do not care. But because every practice model carries trade-offs. Yet many dental … Read more
Patients don’t need a perfect dental hygienist. They need a present, prepared, and intentional one. The question is: Will you choose to stay comfortable…or will you choose to become unstoppable?
Filling the Gap is a Toronto-based dental charity created in response to persistent inequities in Canada’s dental care system. FTG offers dental students the opportunity to work alongside providers and engage directly with community oral health needs.
Next Gen of the Month is a monthly Q&A with a dental student or new dentist where we learn more about their experiences and accomplishments thus far in their dentistry journey. This month we are featuring Sara Arbabzadehbroujeni, a creative and patient-focused dental student at Dalhousie University School of Dentistry. She finds joy in hosting and … Read more
Why stop listening to those who discourage you from starting out as a young dentist entrepreneur? Despite what many will tell you, being a young dentist who owns a clinic is not a disadvantage—it is a powerful asset.
With DSOs continuing to grow and multi-location dentistry becoming more common, the operational side of dentistry can’t be treated as secondary. Dentistry isn’t just about great clinical care; it’s also about strong systems.
With Clinique Dentaire Des Grandes Rivieres, Dr. Viens envisioned a practice that would reflect the warmth and soulful welcoming vibe of the townspeople and its surrounding rural residents.
For many dental clinicians, retirement is not a date on a calendar—it is a long negotiation between logic and identity. It is a psychological and financial transition, often delayed by the question few dentists say out loud: Who will treat my patients the way I do, or better?
Balance billing occurs when dentists charge patients the difference between the CDCP’s reimbursement rate and the dentist’s standard fee. Whether to balance bill is entirely at the discretion of the practice owner.
Separation and divorce are disruptive on every level. For dentists, there is an added layer of anxiety that often overshadows everything else: what exactly happens to my dental practice?
What You’ll Learn Why your dental SEO feels like it’s not working You did the right things. You built a beautiful website. You wrote service pages. You maybe even published a few blog posts. And now you’re refreshing Google every week wondering why your practice isn’t showing up on page one. Here’s the honest answer: … Read more
In the case described, human clinical judgment ultimately altered the patient’s outcome. With AI integrated earlier into the diagnostic pathway, that judgment could have been supported much sooner.
The issue is not that AI tools don’t work. The issue is that plan generation and clinical decision-making are not the same problem.
Agentic artificial intelligence — systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning, and multi-step task execution with defined human oversight — is transitioning from research concept to enterprise deployment.
This paper argues that responsible AI-assisted dentistry requires recognition of a critical ethical boundary — the moment at which automated diagnostic expression should be intentionally withheld.