In this video, Dr. Sanjukta Mohanta, a general dentist from Brampton, Ont., discusses the management of patients who take anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications. Dr. Mohanta outlines common low and high-risk dental procedures and highlights instances when treatment is contraindicated or when modifications to treatment should be made. Helpful links: JCDA: Dental Management of Patients Undergoing […]
With stress and burnout levels among healthcare workers at an all-time high, dentists and dental office staff need all the strategies they can get to maintain a healthy work-life balance. In this video, Dr. Jessica Metcalfe, a general dentist and strategic leadership and workplace culture consultant from Victoria, BC, outlines the common stressors that dentists […]
In this CDA Oasis discussion, Dr. Sanjukta Mohanta, a general dentist from Brampton, Ont., discusses the management of patients who have had a heart attack or stroke and answers the all-important question of when to treat and when not to treat. Helpful links: CDA Oasis: How can I treat a patient with previous myocardial […]
The Journal of the American Dental Association has published a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the pharmacologic management of acute dental pain in children. The report was prepared by the American Dental Association Science and Research Institute, the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, and the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health at […]
This Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Indigenous Dental Association of Canada (IDAC) celebrates the inaugural National Indigenous Oral Health Day, an initiative to address oral health inequity in Indigenous communities across Canada. In this video, Dr. Sheri McKinstry, a pediatric dentist from Saskatoon, Sask., and founder of IDAC, explains why there is such a need […]
In this video, the first in a series on managing medically compromised patients in the dental office, Dr. Sanjukta Mohanta, a general dentist from Brampton, ON, discusses the management of patients with hypertension. Dr. Mohanta talks about when and how to take a patient’s blood pressure, the relevant guidelines for managing hypertension, and the all-important […]
The connection between periodontitis and the increased risk of cardiovascular disease is well established. However, the impact of mild oral inflammation, including levels experienced by many healthy individuals, is less clear. In this video discussion, Ker-Yung Hong, a dental student at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, discusses his recently published pilot study on oral […]
Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) has launched a mobile dental clinic to deliver dental care to low-income seniors who are 65 years and older and enrolled in the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program. In this video, Kim Casier, an oral health public manager at SWPH, discusses the backstory and how the initiative came to be. She […]