It was a great pleasure to welcome once again Dr. Isabel Mello, a regular CDA Oasis contributor. Dr. Mello spoke about recognizing and celebrating the important role that dental assistants play as member of the dental team and the closest collaborator with the dentist. For more information about this event, please visit the Canadian Dental […]
Highlights In this short presentation, Dr. Aviv Ouanounou discusses the possible adverse effects of administering local anesthetics. Psychogenic reactions include most commonly syncope, as well as hyperventilation, nausea, and changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Allergic reactions are usually very rare and if they occur, they are usually related to the ester type of […]
Highlights Dr. Aviv Ouanounou returns to speak to the Oasis Discussions audience. In this short video, Dr. Ouanounou provides an overview of local anesthetics which are commonplace in every dental office. Local anesthetics are hydrophilic with an amide (most common) or ester (less common) linkages. Topical anesthetics belong to the ester group. These drugs stop […]
Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng is a postdoctoral fellow in the UBC School of Population and Public Health with a PhD in Medicine and Therapeutics from the University of Aberdeen. She spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about her upcoming session at the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver in March. Dr. Gorman Ng’s presentation aims to inform […]
Highlights Colgate has announced its partnership with Magnusmode, the company behind MagnusCards™, an innovative mobile app that empowers people living with cognitive special needs, such as autism, to independently manage daily skills like tooth brushing. MagnusCards helps caregivers – including parents, support workers and teachers – reinforce routines for people with cognitive special needs through a […]
I had the pleasure to host Dr. Gerald Smith, spokesperson for the ongoing campaign the Ontario Dental Association is holding to ensure adequate funding for the Healthy Smiles Ontario program. Dr. Smith is a general dentist from Thunder Bay, ON. He has been an active member of ODA, contributing to various committees and becoming the […]
Highlights Timothy Brown, CEO of ROI Corp, gives us highlights of the 2017 market review as they relate to general dental practices in major centres in Canada. When looking at practice statistics in terms of gross or the amount the practice sold as a percentage of its gross billings: Highest gross in 2016 was 227% […]
Dr. Juan Yepes, Associate Professor in Pediatric Dentistry at Indiana University, spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about his upcoming session at the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver in March. Dr. Yepes’ presentation will cover the most common radiographic diagnosis in children and adolescents. The first block of the session will review the basic of differential interpretation […]