Oral Health

Mandibular Anesthesia: Troubleshooting and Overcoming Failure to Anesthetize

Waters-Fig-4-thumbnail alternate text for this image

Abstract When difficulty in obtaining adequate mandibular anesthesia is encountered a systematic approach incorporating the evaluation of patient factors and operator technique will substantially improve outcomes. Even for the most experienced dental practitioners, consistent, profound mandibular anesthesia remains difficult to achieve 100 percent of the time. This can be stressful for both dentist and patient … Read more

Assessing BONES May Give You Moans, But it Can Help Manage Oversedation

Oversedation

Pre-operative airway assessment and management is essential to successful dental treatment under procedural sedation. In the event of oversedation, defined as the transition from an intended level of sedation to an unintended deeper level of sedation, the patient’s ability to independently maintain ventilatory function may be impaired. This can result from an inability for the … Read more

Evidence-Based Guidelines and Regulations?

ORAL-HEALTH-PROMO-FEB-20 alternate text for this image

“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

China’s Island Province Hainan Suspends All Dental Clinics to Avoid Coronavirus Risks

The Hainan provincial health commission has suspended all stomatology departments and dental clinics to prevent risks amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Hospitals and clinics will only retain necessary dentofacial surgery staff to deal with emergency situations such as wounds and infections, the commission said in a notice. Other diagnoses and treatments have all been suspended. … Read more

School Receives New Water System to Promote Staying Healthy and Cool

An elementary school in Jackson received a new water filtration system to promote that water is cool at school. The Delta Dental Foundation and MESSA were behind the installation of the system, along with a bottle filling station at Northeast Elementary in Jackson. “We are thrilled to have this investment from the Delta Dental Foundation … Read more

Swollen Faces and Broken Teeth as Dentists Reopen in St. John’s

St. John’s dentist Francis McCarthy is back at work Thursday after a long stretch without seeing patients. Those who are coming to his Water Street practice on Day 7 of a blizzard-caused state of emergency were “biting at the bit, so to speak, to come in,” McCarthy told CBC News on Thursday. “People have been … Read more

Why Many Children with Autism Have Oral Health Problems

The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 160 children around the world has an autism spectrum disorder. Autism is a condition related to the development of the brain and is usually noticeable by the time a child is three years old. Statistics aren’t available for any African country, so researchers like me in South Africa are using international … Read more

Dental Management for Pregnant Patients

dental pregnant

For a woman carrying a child at any stage of pregnancy, maintaining good health in all aspects is vital. Many women are aware of the various foods and drinks they will need to abstain from, or the vitamins they will need to take, but taking proper care of their teeth and gums can often go … Read more

Management of Benign Odontogenic Lesions in the Paediatric Patient

Freilich-figure-4a alternate text for this image

Abstract The identification of lesions within the osseous structures in children is essential to ensure timely surgical intervention, and to minimize or correct hindrances to the development of a healthy dentition and bone structure. These lesions tend to present in the absence of symptoms, are slowly growing, and are commonly identified either as a secondary … Read more

Étude de cas : Présentation d’une Malformation Artérioveineuse à la Mandibule

OH-PROMO-JAN-2020 alternate text for this image

Résumé Les malformations artérioveineuses (MAV) sont des lésions vasculaires rares issues d’artères et de veines qui présentent des défauts structuraux d’origine congénitale. Leurs présentations clinique et radiographique particulières en rendent l’identification et le diagnostic complexes par les professionnels dentaires. Cette étude de cas révèle l’histoire d’un jeune homme de 14 ans, autrement en santé, s’étant … Read more

Presentation of a Mandibular Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Study Report

Oral Health Editorial on Vaping

Abstract Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare vascular lesions composed of arteries and veins with congenital structural defects. Their ambiguous clinical and radiographic presentations make their recognition and diagnosis challenging for dental professionals. A healthy 14-year-old male presented to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario with a chief concern of hematogenous malignancy that … Read more

Paediatric Anaesthesia Neurotoxicity: Bring Back the Papoose Board?

Paediatric Anaesthesia Neurotoxicity: Bring Back the Papoose Board?

Every day children of all ages are sedated or anaesthetized for dental treatment both in the hospital and more commonly now in the dental office. The use of physical restraint for a dental procedure in a child has largely been replaced or significantly reduced with the use of sedative or general anaesthetic drugs. Previously it … Read more

Early Orthodontic Treatment

Arat-Thumbnail alternate text for this image

Early orthodontic treatment refers to orthodontic intervention before the eruption of permanent dentition (except third molars) is complete.1 In orthodontic literature, the benefits of early orthodontic treatment have been a topic of much debate.2-10 Some clinicians may prefer to defer orthodontic treatment to the adolescent age period, however many others attempt to intervene in the … Read more

Keep Calm and Don’t Vape

Oral Health Editorial on Vaping

It is difficult these days to walk down the street and not have a cloud of smoke engulf your face from a nearby electronic vaping device. My first response to this occurrence is to hold my breath or attempt to dodge the cloud altogether. When I am unable to do so, I am always shocked … Read more

Treating Oral Disease Could Yield T2DM-Related Cost Savings

Providing nonsurgical periodontal treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and periodontitis may significantly reduce tooth loss and diabetes-related microvascular diseases via improved glycemic control, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in Diabetes Care. Sung Eun Choi, Ph.D., from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, and colleagues built a microsimulation model … Read more

Provincial Downloading Threatens Local Kids’ Oral Health

Funding changes to a provincial children’s oral health care program could see fewer local kids smiling bright in the new year. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is urging the Ford government to reconsider its decision to download 30 per cent of the funding for the Healthy Smiles Ontario Program to municipalities. This year, the program … Read more

Oral Health’s Top 10 Dental News Stories of 2019

2019 was another busy year for the Oral Health Group and as the year wraps up, it is a perfect time to reflect. Oral Health underwent a complete redesign, which debuted in the April edition and has since received rave reviews. The team at Oral Health published another special 13th issue, which focused on the … Read more