Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says Ottawa’s proposed dental benefit for children under the age of 12 would cost $703 million over the next three fiscal years. Giroux released the costing in a new report after MPs voted to send the bill to a committee for study, putting it one step closer to becoming reality. … Read more
Gavin Raner, a third-year medical student at Western University Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, became the first transgender and nonbinary-identifying person to receive the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award this past August. Raner is also the first non-binary person to be registered with the Ontario Medical Association. Raner was one of 13 medical … Read more
B.C.’s health minister has introduced a long-awaited piece of legislation that will overhaul the province’s system for regulating everyone from doctors to dental hygienists, promising increased accountability for health professionals and improved transparency for the public. Adrian Dix tabled the Health Professions and Occupations Act on Wednesday afternoon, saying it will replace the Health Professions … Read more
In recognition of National Dental Hygiene Month, Delta Dental shares encouraging findings from its 2022 survey showing U.S. adults and parents are doing their part to practice diligent oral care at home. The good news also extends to the dentist, as more adults and children made oral health preventive visits in 2022 than the year prior. Key findings … Read more
Today’s dental patients are looking for less-invasive options to improve their smile at a price they can afford. That’s why 3M has introduced the 3M™ Filtek™ Matrix – a new restorative solution that makes composite placement less stressful and more predictable for dentists and more affordable for their patients. Dental composites can be a great choice to … Read more
The launch of the DEXIS IS (Intraoral Scanner) portfolio, a full suite of intraoral solutions, marks an important milestone for DEXIS, which now offers and a full range of digital dental diagnostic systems that cover every stage of scanning. With a growing network of innovative software and award-winning scanners that seamlessly work together, DEXIS can … Read more
Saskatchewan Polytechnic and University of Regina students helped bring smiles to the faces of people in La Loche, Clearwater River Dene Nation and Buffalo Narrows last week. During the Northern Health and Wellness Days presented by Cameco on Oct. 14 and 15, more than 167 community members were treated to dental and health clinics in … Read more
TempStars, North America’s largest and most respected dental temping and hiring service, announced today a partnership with Dentist Insurance Services, a top commercial insurance agency run by and for dentists. The partnership will provide dentists and dental hygienists a savings 5% on their dental malpractice insurance premiums with DIS and their endorsed carrier The Doctors … Read more
From an impressive field of 685 deserving nominees from across Canada, the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) was thrilled to reveal the winners of its fifth Dental Hygiene Superhero Competition at our recent conference in the Yukon. This remarkable field of nominees was narrowed to 20 finalists and evaluated by a panel of judges who … Read more
Research out of the University of Queensland (UQ) School of Dentistry has found no link between community water fluoridation and adverse effects on children’s brain development. The study compared the brain development of children exposed to fluoridated water with those who had not been, taking in a total of 2,682 children, finding no discernible difference … Read more
The American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Association for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) today announced the winners of the annual Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) Faculty & Practice Awards. The awards are supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Colgate and are presented to educators and clinicians who have made significant contributions to implement … Read more
Oral health is a major contributor to overall health and well-being. Researchers have found links between oral health and many systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, various types of cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, arthritis, diabetes, and cognitive diseases. Evidence has also shown that socioeconomic factors, including income, education, employment, are determinants of oral health. The … Read more
What better way to learn about how to find success than from your colleagues and peers? Oral Health’s annual Data Driven Dentistry survey collects data from practising Canadian dentists and presents the data to our readers throughout the year so you can draw make decisions to better your practice and career. This year we are … Read more
A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals has contributed to a major change in American guidelines for pneumonia prevention among ICU patients on mechanical ventilators. The study, published late last year, was among the first in the world to show that the oral rinse should be discontinued and oral care, including tooth brushing, … Read more
More periodontists than general dentists prescribe antibiotics with scaling and root planing, highlighting differences in antibiotic prescription patterns, according to a study published in the October issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. “Antibiotic Prescription Patterns Among US General Dentists and Periodontists” looked at the responses of 256 members of the American Dental Association … Read more
“It’s instantaneous: you’re buddies again.” That’s how retired dentist Dr. Gary Hyman described reuniting with four of his dentistry classmates during this year’s UM Homecoming festivities. The grad from the Class of 1970 said the bonds of friendship were as strong as ever. But he joked that having served as class president for all four … Read more
Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government – and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation. Katie Mather, who lives in Richmond, … Read more
A tooth-brushing program that is soon to be phased in across Quebec in elementary schools is raising concern among teachers because they’ll be the ones called upon to supervise the students as they clean their teeth. The public health protocols call on educators to monitor the two-minute tooth-brushing process from start to finish once a … Read more
A $1-million gift to the Dalhousie faculty of dentistry will help create two new dental surgery suites at the university, improving care for pediatric and special needs patients. The Tze / Chiang Paediatric and Adult Special Needs Clinic was created through a donation from Dr. Theresa Chiang in memory of her late husband, Dr. Wah … Read more
Economic and public policy experts warn the proposed federal dental benefit may not reach the families most in need because the government has chosen to distribute it through the tax system. The federal government plans to send cheques of up to $650 to qualifying low- and medium-income households to help pay for children’s dental needs … Read more