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Navigating online interactions as a health care professional: Guidelines for dentists

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In today’s digital landscape, a dentist’s online conduct can have significant implications, extending well beyond the walls of a clinic or office. Professional, ethical, and legal obligations for dentists also apply to their online activities. Inappropriate behavior online, whether on personal accounts or professional pages, can harm patients, tarnish a professional reputation, negatively impact public … Read more

CDCP is Here: Oral Health Professionals.

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Are you in or out? It has been a “rocky road” between the federal government and the dental profession since 2022. With the media announcements, lack of collaboration and consultancy with dentists, and the unknowns and mystery of what the NDP free dental insurance program really meant??? The 2022 public announcement and the 2023 application … Read more

Lead Aprons Don’t Work: It’s Time to Retire Them

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Updated March 1, 2024: Health Canada’s Safety Code 30 (Radiation Protection in Dentistry – Recommended Safety Procedures for the Use of Dental X-Ray Equipment – Safety Code 30 (2022)) now states that lead aprons are not required during routine dental x-rays, with the exception of CBCT procedures. We should stop using lead aprons. That’s what the American … Read more

Evidence-Based Guidelines and Regulations?

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“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign/Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind/Do this, don’t do that/Can’t you read the sign?” – Signs by The Five Man Electrical Band A repeated discussion that I have with colleagues is that dentistry, as a profession, is over-regulated. While it’s true that we have rules governing everything in our practices … Read more

Once more into the breach mes enfants – ENCRYPTION IN ONTARIO!

I’ve forgotten how many times an entry has asked for clarity, transparency, openness from the members of the committee appointed by the RCDSO to address this issue, however, the GUIDELINES are out and in all candour, frankfurterness, I haven’t a clue where to begin………..They have Internet for Dummies, I’ll gladly pay for Encryption for Dummies … Read more

Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Guidelines Updated for First Time in 27 Years

By Angela Haupt – The first new diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 30 years expand the definition to include patients with earlier stage symptoms, emphasizing that the disorder begins wreaking havoc on the brain years before it can be detected. The recommendations, issued today by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s … Read more