This resource is provided courtesy of Wiley Publishing. Read and download the resource in PDF Watch the video presentation Source: Clinical maxillary sinus elevation surgery, Wiley Blackwell, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Aviv Ouanounou, Assistant Professor in Clinical Sciences and Pharmacology in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto, and Oasis Discussions contributor. He received the Dr. A. Bruce Hord Master Teacher Award for excellence in teaching, for his “outstanding contribution to the student’s educational experiences.” This is the highest teaching award at the […]
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) recently created a new resource on their website which groups oral health topics in one single location referred to as Evidence Bundles. Evidence Bundles are “topic-specific reading rooms within the CADTH website, where [readers] can browse through all related content or quickly find exactly what [they] need.” (CADTH website) […]
Infections of an endodontic nature that are associated with orofacial pain are typically caused by obligate anaerobic bacteria. Given the spectrum of action, penicillins are the preferred antibiotic of choice. Drugs in this class act against the obligate anaerobes but, also affects the substrate interrelationships amongst various bacterial strains within the infection. As some of […]
This post was prepared in collaboration with Voco for their Futurabond U product. On an experimental basis, we have asked a limited number of companies to provide us with practical “How To” answers to clinical questions. We were prompted to conduct this experiment when dental team members told us that they visit company websites and consult […]
Cortisol, a glucocorticoid produced by adrenal cortex is essential for the human body to survive in stressful situations. The deficiency of cortisol in the human body leads to adrenal insufficiency which in turn can compromise the individual’s ability to adapt to a stressful situation, such as a dental appointment. Adrenal insufficiency can manifest as […]
While other materials are available for obturating root canals, gutta percha is still the most widely used and accepted material. Gutta perch is biocompatible, inert material which does not irritate tissues. Composed of zinc oxide, barium sulfate and transpolyisoprene, gutta percha has the ability to adapt to root canal walls. Resilon, a thermoplastic polymer which […]
On November 7, the Pierre Fauchard Academy conferred the Elmer S. Best Award for 2015 on Dr. John O’Keefe, CDA Director of Knowledge Networks, at an awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The award is the Academy’s pinnacle honour for dentists who reside outside the United States of America. Dr. O’Keefe is the 9th Canadian to […]