Key message: I invite dentists, at different parts of the career life cycle, who are willing to share advice about the different practice options (associateship / ownership / involvement in a large network) facing young dentists today, to contact me please. All information will be treated in confidence. Please contact me at oasisdiscussions@cda-adc.ca or 1-800-267-6354 ext. 5000.   Dear colleagues, What practice options will face the young graduates coming into our profession in the foreseeable future? That was the subject of some very persuasive presentations at the conference of the Federation of Canadian Dentistry Student Associations in Toronto in January. ...

Days on the Hill are CDA’s annual 2-day session of meetings with federal party leaders, cabinet ministers, MPs and senior government officials in Ottawa. They are designed to keep oral health issues prominent on the federal government’s agenda.  CDA’s representatives brought forward three issues as part of their meetings: Federal Funding for Provincial Oral Health Programs: Underlining the need for the federal government to identify and target specific funds through their health transfers for oral health programs given the ongoing erosion in these programs at the provincial level. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Identifying the need for a more regular and ...

Days on the Hill are CDA’s annual 2-day session of meetings with federal party leaders, cabinet ministers, MPs and senior government officials in Ottawa. They are designed to keep oral health issues prominent on the federal government’s agenda.  CDA’s representatives brought forward three issues as part of their meetings: Federal Funding for Provincial Oral Health Programs: Underlining the need for the federal government to identify and target specific funds through their health transfers for oral health programs given the ongoing erosion in these programs at the provincial level. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Identifying the need for a more regular and ...

The CDA Seal Program independently validates specific oral health benefit claims made by the manufacturer of a product. The CDA Seal, and its accompanying statement, are found on products that have successfully completed the CDA review process. For the Canadian consumer, the CDA Seal provides reassurance that the product can improve their oral health in the ways specifically claimed by the manufacturer. For the manufacturer, the CDA Seal differentiates its products in the marketplace by highlighting their validated oral health benefits. To obtain the CDA Seal for a product, manufacturers are required to state the oral health benefit(s) that they ...

  J’ai eu le plaisir de discuter avec le Dr Mitch Taillon, nouveau président de l’ADC pour 2018-2019. Le Dr Taillon est dentiste généraliste à Assiniboia, en Saskatchewan. Il a pris ses fonctions de président le 20 avril dernier. Pendant cette entrevue, j’en apprends un peu plus sur sa vie de dentiste, mais aussi sur ce qu’il fait en dehors du cabinet dentaire.  Dans le dernier numéro de L’essentiel de l’ADC, nous avons publié un article détaillant son parcours, sa carrière et ses projets, et je vous invite à le lire ici. J’espère que vous apprécierez cette entrevue et qu’elle ...

I had the pleasure to host Dr. Mitch Taillon, CDA’s new president. Dr. Taillon is a general dentist from Assiniboa, SK. He assumed his new role on April 20th, 2018. In this interview, I wish to present to you a glimpse of his life inside and outside dentistry.  My colleagues at the CDA Essentials magazine have also prepared a profile of Dr. Taillon, which you can find and read here.  I hope the interview gives you a chance to know more about Dr. Taillon and that you find it enjoyable and useful. We always welcome your feedback, suggestions, and questions ...

Key message: If you harbour even the slightest dream of speaking at a dental convention (large or small) some day, please contact us to discuss the idea of you doing a presentation (or presentations) on Oasis Discussions. We can help bring you to the attention of convention organizers all around North America (and beyond).   Dear colleagues, At the end of April, I attended the Ontario Dental Association Annual Spring Meeting (ASM) in Toronto. The positive relationship between ODA and CDA was manifested in many ways over the course of the convention, and I was personally made to feel very ...

Colleagues, A press release that came across my desk today particularly caught my attention. It relates to Straumann acquiring an interest in a company called Dental Monitoring. I share this with you as I believe it could be of interest to all in the oral health care sector. My sensitivity to the profound implications of rapid technological change for healthcare in general and oral health care in particular has been heightened through my recent involvement with a CDA Task Force on the Future of the Profession. I will tell you more about that a little later, but first, I invite ...