Mr. Bernie Teitelbaum, DIAC Executive Director, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about a useful tool that will help dentists identify non-compliant products. The checklist is available in English and French and contains 12 indicators that a products may not be approved for use in Canada. Download the Checklist in English (PDF) Download the Checklist in […]
Ms. Suzanne Balcom, speaker at the upcoming annual meeting of the Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics in Halifax, spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about how to communicate with the different generations that dentists and dental team encounter in the dental office. Ms. Suzanne Balcom has been managing dentists for over 30 years from Vancouver, BC […]
Digital applications in dentistry are increasingly more popular in the dental industry. This interview with three experts, Christien Kopas, David Chong Yen and Dr. Bernie Dolansky, outlines the considerations that practitioners should take into account when investing in these technologies. Highlights Digital technologies can increase the efficiency of the office and workflow. Open systems are […]
Dr. Bernie Dolansky, past ODA and CDA President and current partner and consultant at Tier Three Brokerage, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about trends in the market metrics for dental practices as well as the role of hygiene in driving the value of the dental practice. Dr. Bernard Dolansky B.A, DDS, MS, practiced Endodontics in Ottawa […]
Dr. Antonio Graziano joined Dr. Chiraz Guessaier from Italy to speak about his participation in the 10th World Biomaterials Congress that was held in Montreal between May 17 and 22, 2016 in Montreal. Dr. Graziano’s participation in the congress evolved around improving grafting techniques through the micro-grafts approach. Dr. Antonio Graziano, dentist, PhD in Biomedical […]
Dr. Jose Lança, from the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, speaks with Dr. John O’Keefe about the important decisions dentists need to make when treating patients who are on anticoagulants and who need dental surgery: should they, or not, ask the patient to stop taking their anticoagulant […]
This case is presented by Dr. Mehdi Noroozi, Periodontist in Vancouver, BC. Dr. Noroozi’s study club website
This summary is based on the article published in Acta Biomaterialia: “Recent advances in bulk metallic glasses for biomedical applications” (May 2016) H.F. Li, Y.F. Zheng, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University Context With a continuously increasing aging population and the improvement of living standards, large demands of biomaterials are […]