This summary is based on the Clinical Info provided by the Canadian Pharmacists Association: Drugs in Dentistry (December 2012) By Dr. Dan Haas, DDS, PhD, FRCDC Potential Interactions with Epinephrine or Levonordefrin: Adding epinephrine or levonordefrin to the local anesthetic formulation improves the depth and duration of the local anesthetic block. However, exercise caution if a patient has […]
By Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Pierre Picard Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Pierre Picard is a Periodontist of the Canadian Armed Forces. He is currently the Deputy Commanding Officer of 1 Dental Unit and the Royal Canadian Dental Corps Periodontics Practice Leader. Lieutenant-Colonel Picard is also an examiner for the National Dental Specialty Examination in Periodontics of the Royal College of […]
This summary is based on the Clinical Info provided by the Canadian Pharmacists Association: Drugs in Dentistry (December 2012) By Dr. Dan Haas, DDS, PhD, FRCDC Consider the following points when using antibiotics: Use only when there is an indication. Use only when the risk-benefit ratio is favourable. They are not a substitute for establishing adequate drainage. […]
This summary is based on the the guidelines published by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA): Canadian consensus practice guidelines for bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (July 2008) Access the article in PDF Context Following publication of the first reports of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients receiving bisphosphonates in 2003, a call for national multidisciplinary guidelines […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Dental Clinics of North America: Clinical assessment of patients with orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders (October 2013) Key points Accurate diagnosis of chronic pain disorders of the mouth, jaws, and face is frequently complex because there are multiple structures localized in 1 small anatomic region that can […]
This case was submitted by Dr. Ron Kellen Four months ago, I had a walk-in emergency, male patient, age 32, suffering from a “terrible toothache.” His medical questionnaire was clean except for “a bit of blood pressure, but no problem and no medications.” He was husky, maybe 10 pounds overweight, clearly in fear of the […]
Dr. Florin Amzica of the University of Montreal faculty of dentistry recently published in PLoS ONE an article on never before reported cerebral activity in people with a flat electroencephalogram (EGG). Dr. Amzica is an associate professor and the head of the laboratory on sleep neurophysiology and altered state of consciousness at the University of […]
This summary is based on the guidelines published by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA): Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2013 (February 2013) Access the article (PDF) The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments published guidelines for the management of bipolar […]