Every year, the World Dental Federation (FDI) provides a wealth of resources for dentists and local and international dental organizations to celebrate World Oral Health Day. Resources provide guidance on what can be done to mark this important day and flexible tools which can be adapted and localized by you for use in your own activities and events. The toolkit contains key aspects to take into consideration in the areas of: branding, media relations, social media and special activities. Communication Tips The emergence of internet-based social media has made it possible for one person to communicate with hundreds or even thousands of ...

Every year on March 20th, FDI, World Dental Federation, celebrates World Oral Health Day (WOHD). #WOHD16 is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote worldwide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene to looking after everyone old and young. CDA is joining the global community in celebrating this day and spreading the message for good oral habits for life. Visit World Oral Health Day website for more information.  Why is WOHD Important? Because 90% of the world’s population will suffer from oral diseases in their lifetime and many of them ...

By Dr. John O’Keefe, reporting from the Chicago mid-winter meeting Here is the latest in a series of experimental CDA Oasis Live broadcasts from the Chicago Midwinter Meeting. CDA Oasis Live can bring you to interesting places in real time and open conversations about topics which are important to your success in practice. Follow us on Twitter at CDA Oasis Live. In this video, Doug Braendle of SciCan demonstrates key features of the new Statim G4 sterilizer.   This information is provided on an FYI basis. CDA Oasis has no paid or unpaid consulting or financial relationships with any of the ...

The Pacific Dental Conference is one of the largest dental conferences in North America offering a varied and contemporary selection of continuing education programs. With over 150 open sessions and hands-on courses and over 300 exhibiting companies occupying 600 booths — we have you and your entire dental team covered. Join us at the Vancouver Convention Centre next March for Canada’s premier dental conference! PDC 2016 is held in conjunction with the Canadian Dental Association. This year, CDA Oasis, through the Oasis Discussions website, dedicated a number of posts featuring prominent PDC speakers, to provide Canadian dentists with an idea about ...

Dr. Miriam Rosin, a leading cancer researcher at the BC Cancer Agency and at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC delivered a presentation on knowledge exchange at the recently held UBC Faculty of Dentistry Research Day. As part of that presentation, she connected live with Dr. John O’Keefe via video conference and asked him some questions about his views on the place of new media in knowledge exchange among dentists and other important stakeholders in the oral care sector. You can see the video interview here: The key points that Dr. O’Keefe made are: The CDA Knowledge Networks Department is ...

It is our pleasure to serve your clinical and related knowledge needs through  JCDA, CDA Essentials and CDA Oasis. With these media channels, we hope to continue to add value to your daily practice and help you on the path to a long and successful career. The members of the CDA Knowledge Networks team wish you and your loved ones a Happy Festive Season! Here is Dr. John O’Keefe sending you Season’s Greetings