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Embezzlement in the Dental Office

A large percentage of Canada’s ‘middle-age’ dentists are about to reach a point in their career where they desire to reduce their working hours. This is a direct result of the aging baby boomer population. The need to work fewer hours as we age is a natural process that most self-employed professionals experience. I believe … Read more

SPARTAN’S SL TIPS Obtura Spartan Using ultrasonic tips in restorative dentistry has gained popularity recently, partly because of the growing options available. Several companies now manufacture their own particular version and new tips are in the development stages and will soon hit the market. If you already have a piezo-electric ultrasonic unit, there is a … Read more

Water Park Opening on Saturday! The town’s kids were sweating and lined up for hours to visit the newest summer attraction. Saturday evening my emergency phone line sharply announced the first casualty of the high-speed superdrop slide. One of my young female patients, age 11, had catapulted off the lip of the drop-off and smashed … Read more

Soft tissue contours are critical to fabrication of fixed and removable implant prosthetics. Without this information aesthetics and hygiene may be compromised in the final prosthetics. To ensure that the emergence profile of fixed abutments replicates natural tooth aesthetics, the laboratory technician must be able to see the gingival margin and know the thickness of … Read more

This commentary is based on the editorial by Dr. Ron Goodlin in this issue where he suggests that we recognize the specialty of cosmetic dentistry and change the general dentistry title to family dentist. In his opinion, accreditation by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry should warrant membership in this elite specialty. He states that … Read more

DCF Celebrates Philanthropy in Style Ottawa–Dentistry Canada Fund (DCF) dentistry’s national charity for oral health, is ‘Celebrating Smiles’ at a gala May 7th 2003 at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. DCF will announce its first philanthropic award winners both within the dental professional and dental industry categories. The evening also includes dinner, a silent auction and … Read more

2002 saw the completion of the new Paedodontic/Orthodontic and Endodontic clinics as part of a multi-phase renovation and addition to the School of Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario.

Do you know what an embezzler looks like? Would you prefer to call it ‘redistribution’ rather than theft? Do you have hard and fast hiring policies and procedures? Do you do background checks? Do you ‘borrow’ from your own petty cash? When you look into the eyes of your fresh-faced employees, can you tell if … Read more

It is interesting to note that a search using the Internet engine www.google.ca using the terms “dental implants” will produce more citations than the terms “cosmetic dentistry” or the terms “tooth bleaching” and “tooth whitening” combined! This search engine is the layman’s medium. It is not a peer-reviewed journal. The public is interested. To assess … Read more

Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, MIPS/ICOI, FPFA, DICOI and Allen L. Schneider, DDS, FAGD, DICOI ABUTMENT FORCES Many forces can be exerted on the abutment and crown that can affect long term success of the prosthetics. Rotational forces are well known to affect single units. The intimate mating of the abutment head to the implants … Read more

If someone asked you who the most important person in the dental school is, what would be your response? Is it the Dean, a department head, the head of research, the head of clinics, full or part-time faculty? To me, the dental student is the school’s raison d’tre. Without the student, there would be no … Read more

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In clinical practice it is not uncommon to find incompletely developed teeth that require some form of endodontic intervention due to extensive caries or traumatic injury. When such a clinical situation presents itself, an assessment of the pulpal status and the degree of tooth development must be made in order to develop an appropriate treatment … Read more

The 2003 Pacific Dental Conference is proud to present some of the world’s leading dental practitioners who will share with you their secrets to clinical and practice success. Come and enjoy their “Pearls for your Practice” in Vancouver at the Pacific Dental Conference. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll discover: JOHN KWAN, DDS Contemporary Periodontics … Read more

Fluorine is an element of the halogen family and the most reactive of the non-metals, with an atomic number of nine and an atomic weight of 19. Fluoride compounds are widely distributed throughout the soils of the earth, enter plants, are ingested by humans, and are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Over the last half … Read more