Recent AboutFace research revealed that about 3 in 5 people with a facial difference reported being negatively impacted at work or within the context of work due to their facial difference. Some of the most common types of impacts our research findings show include: Staring or gaping from co-workers (51%) Uncomfortable or difficult experiences during … Read more
During the Northwest Dental Expo 2022, Oral Science partnered with Tiara Anderson, RDH & Guided Biofilm Therapy Trainer, to present to more than 200 dental professionals the EMS AIRFLOW® Prophylaxis Master and Guided Biofilm Therapy, a therapeutic 8 step protocol providing a systematic and predictable evidence-based treatment for caries and periodontal biofilm management on teeth, … Read more
About 23,000 Hamilton kids missed dental screening during the pandemic that needs to be caught up this school year. Despite COVID still taking up significant resources, public health has started to bring back more programs that were put on hold for two-and-a-half years. Kids are a big focus of the returning programs with staggered starts from June to October. View … Read more
After months of hard work, meetings with parliamentarians and senior staff in Health and Finance, the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA), representing the sixth-largest regulated health profession in Canada, was excited at yesterday’s announcement about the Government of Canada’s proposed new legislation (Bill C-31) to deliver targeted supports to Canadians as part of its affordability … Read more
The Government of Canada is committed to appointing highly qualified candidates to best serve the interests of Canadians. Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced three appointments and one reappointment to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Governing Council. Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert is appointed as the Chairperson of CIHR Governing Council. She is a nephrologist-transplant … Read more
Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT) accounts for amazing success enjoyed by dental clinicians around the world. They may come from different regions and cultures but they all speak the same language: The GBT language. EMS stands for Electro Medical Systems, the market leader in oral prophylaxis and prevention, inventor of the original technologies PIEZON® NO PAIN … Read more
Dental academics and clinicians alike are invited to apply for a research grant from Foundation Nakao for Worldwide Oral Health beginning on September 21, 2022. This is the fourth round of funding made available by the prestigious organization since its founding in 2018. Foundation Nakao supports clinical trials and research in important topics such as … Read more
Targeted topical therapy offers promise as at-home treatment A topical gel that blocks the receptor for a metabolic byproduct called succinate treats gum disease by suppressing inflammation and changing the makeup of bacteria in the mouth, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and published in Cell Reports. The … Read more
Dentsply Sirona introduces the SmartLite Pro EndoActivator, an equipment solution designed for intracanal activation of irrigating fluids used for cleaning and disinfecting root canals. Designed for multi-directional movement, the SmartLite Pro EndoActivator uses elliptical motion and increased energy for effective irrigant activation. Disinfection protocols vary greatly but are critical to treatment outcomes. With SmartLite Pro … Read more
A church basement was transformed into a make-shift dentist’s office on Saturday, as dental hygienists are raising awareness about the services they can provide, increasing access to oral care. The Gift from the Heart event was a charity tooth cleaning operation at St. Patrick of the Island Church in Ile Perrot, where about a dozen migrant … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the Liberal government’s dental-care plan, but in future the New Democrats will bend no further. The government agreed to bring in a federal dental plan for uninsured low- and middle-income families as part of a supply and confidence agreement with the … Read more
As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area, by tweaking the composition of a naturally occurring mineral to emulate the microstructure of natural … Read more
Planning hurdles, construction cost overruns and COVID-19 curveballs to top it all off. More than five years since plans for the dental clinic for low-income Londoners got underway, and about 18 months since it quietly opened, the Wright Clinic has treated more than 600 patients. “Things have been going well,” clinic founder Ken Wright said … Read more
The story of TempStars, North America’s largest and most respected dental temping and hiring service, is well known among thousands of dental offices, which have embraced its technology and its promise of providing a steady stream of reliable hygienists and dental assistants on a temporary employment basis. But what sometimes gets missed along the way … Read more
A recent study from Indiana University School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute presents and validates a new brief screening tool to measure patient-reported symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD). The TMD-7 is the most recent screening tool co-developed by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kurt Kroenke, M.D. In addition to the new TMD-7 screener, which will help … Read more
The Harvard School of Dental Medicine launched a new dental residency program in New Hampshire this fall focusing on oral health care for rural and underserved populations. The program is a collaboration between Harvard, the Bi-State Primary Care Association, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and six other rural care providers in the state. View the full … Read more
Canada’s life and health insurers paid out more benefits to more people than ever before in 2021. Canadians were paid over $113 billion in benefits from life and health insurance products last year – up 17 per cent from 2020 and nearly $10 billion above pre-pandemic levels. This included payments for health insurance claims, life insurance and retirement. View the … Read more
National Dental Innovations receives Health Canada approval for a new line of dental lasers. Fotona SkyPulse® Laser gets the green light. Health Canada has cleared the SkyPulse® platform and its accessories for indications in dentistry, dermatology and other surgical areas. SkyPulse® is a modern, compact & portable digitally-pulsed dental laser that can be tailored to meet the … Read more
Shek Hei (“Haynes”) Yuan was conducting an experiment in a CancerCare research lab when he learned from an email that he’d been accepted into dental school. “I screamed so loud that my colleagues came and banged on my door and said, ‘Hey, are you OK?’” he remembers. “Then I had to wait another five or … Read more
Little is known about why people living with HIV have a much higher rate of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) than the general population. And it’s not only those with advanced untreated HIV infection, known as AIDS Supported by a five-year, $3.9 million RO1 grant from the National Institutes of … Read more