Sedation and anesthesia for dentistry has come under scrutiny in the past few years due to a few tragic events where patients experienced harm. These events have raised several questions about the safety of these procedures in the dental practice. I have invited Dr. Alia El-Mowafy, dental anesthesiologist and Fellow at the University of Toronto, […]
During the most recent conference of the IADR/AADR/CADR, a variety of new oral health research studies were presented. One of them was the topic of today’s interview: Novel Dental Resin Composites with Improved Service Life. In the constant search for enhanced and improved dental materials, much research is taking place. In recent years, the popularity of composite […]
It promises to be the event of the summer! The Dental Association of PEI is holding its joint convention with the Canadian Dental Association in Charlottetown August 22nd to 25th, 2018. A great scientific as well as social program awaits PEI guests along with a sizeable number of exhibitors who are showing their latest and brightest products and technologies. Dr. […]
Once again, I had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Mark Donaldson, expert pharmacologist and Senior Executive Director at Vizient Pharmacy Advisory Solutions. As we reach five decades of clinical use of bisphosphonates, and coinciding with the publication of a recent article by Dr. Mark Donaldson and his colleague Dr. Jason Goodchild, we thought it pertinent […]
Access to care remains one of the most pressing issues in dental care. At the same time, there are many efforts to develop and implement novel and creative ways to facilitate the provision of care; one of them is the work of the American Teledentistry Association which launched in December 2017. I have invited Dr. […]
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 […]
I had the pleasure to host Tim Caruso, physical therapist; Tamara James, Director of Ergonomics at Duke University; and Dr. Bob Werner, former Chief of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. They joined me to speak about a data analysis that ensued from the ADA Survey on Dentists’ Wellbeing. The […]
FREE App provides easy to understand emergency steps to take in all dental injuries I had the pleasure to host Dr. Nestor Cohenca and Dr. Liran Levin, from the International association of Dental Trauma (IADT) to speak about the new ToothSOS app. ToothSOS, the official App created and launched by International Association of Dental Traumatology […]