It was my pleasure to host Dr. Lynn Tomkins on Oasis Discussions to speak about her journey as a private practitioner and a leader in Canadian organized dentistry. Dr. Tomkins is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry. She held a number of important roles in the Ontario Dental Association various committees […]
This is not a customary CDA Oasis post. Although this feature presentation is about the practice of dentistry, the post is more reflective in nature than based on a clinical inquiry. The idea started when Dr. Paul Belzycki agreed to collaborate with us on a series of posts in which he shares his extensive experience […]
Over the last 40 years, the proportion of women in dentistry has been rising steadily, easing women’s access into a field that has historically been male dominated. Today, we usher a new era where data shows a clear trend shift, where women dentists in graduating classes have comfortably surpassed the 50% threshold, to the point […]
Dr. Jesse Jokerst is Assistant Professor in the Department of NanoEngineering at the University of California in San Diego and the co-author of a very recent study that examined the use this food-grade cuttlefish ink as a contrast medium in photoacoustic ultrasound for imaging of probing depths. The study was published in the Journal of […]
The following video segment is part of another project that we at CDA are working on. We thought the information that our valued contributor David Chong Yen presented, is so valuable that we wanted to share it with our CDA Oasis viewers. The Two dentists present were part of the CDA project and provided their […]
Submit your question or share your feedback with us through oasisdiscussions@cda-adc.ca Highlights In this Oasis Discussions segment, Dr. Deborah Saunders and Dr. Joel Epstein discuss the management of bacterial infections in oncology patients undergoing treatment. Periodontal and odontogenic infections are commonly found worldwide. However, Periodontal pathogens may cause serious problems in cancer patients. As such, […]
I had the pleasure to welcome from the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, Ondina Love, CEO, and Victoria Leck, Manager Professional Development. They kindly accepted my invitation to give us more information about their upcoming conference, to be held in Ottawa, October 19 to 21. As Ottawa celebrates its 150th Anniversary, the conference attendees will enjoy […]
I had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Mariano Sanz, Professor in the Faculty of Odontology at the University Complutense in Madrid. our conversation was about whether or not to use a bone replacement graft in combination with immediate implants. I hope you will find the interview informative and will share your feedback and questions with us […]