Teledentistry is positioned to transform access to oral healthcare services for children, seniors, and other underserved populations in remote communities and those who face travel, physical mobility, and other barriers. Teledenistry: “A combination of telecommunications and dentistry involving the exchange of clinical information and images over remote distances for dental consultation and treatment planning.” Journal […]
Early this year, a new classification for periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions was published in the Journal of Periodontology. The paper summarized the proceedings of the World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases and Conditions. The workshop was co-sponsored by the American Academy of Periodontology and the European Federation of Periodontology […]
In December 2017, the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) published an article on guidelines for preventive dental care. In it, the authors attempted to bridge a perceived knowledge gap through the development of a clinical registry of dental outcomes in head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Bob Wood, oral radiologist and forensic dentist […]
This summary is based on the Recommendation Statement published in the American Family Physician journal by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Five Years of Age: Recommendation Statement (February 2015) Context Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in children in the United States.1 According […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association: Sugar content, cariogenicity, and dental concerns with commonly used medications (February 2015) Mark Donaldson, BSP, RPH, PharmD, FASHP, FACHE Jason H. Goodchild, DMD Joel B. Epstein, DMD, MSD, FRCD(C), FDS, RCS(Edin) Courtesy of the American Dental Association, you can […]
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Dr. Ajit Auluck, dentist and oral cancer researcher, spoke with Dr. John O’keefe about early cancer detection and screening in the communities most at risk to developing oral cancer. Watch the video of the conversation Watch Dr. Auluck’s PPT Presentation: Oral Cancer Trends in B.C. Dr. Auluck is a […]
This summary is based on the article published in the New England Journal of Medicine: Cystine versus Nicotine for Smoking Cessation (December 2014) Natalie Walker, Ph.D., Colin Howe, Ph.D., Marewa Glover, Ph.D., Hayden McRobbie, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., Joanne Barnes, Ph.D., Vili Nosa, Ph.D., Varsha Parag, M.Sc., Bruce Bassett, B.A., and Christopher Bullen, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. Context […]