Canadian Dental Association Launches CDA Oasis App We are excited to announce that the new CDA Oasis app is now available for download from the Apple and Play app stores. Download it and get access to the latest Oasis Discussions posts. You can also send us your questions, photos, images of clinical cases and share […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association: Factors associated with the clinical response to nonsurgical periodontal therapy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (December 2014) Bryan S. Michalowicz, Leslie Hyman, Wei Hou, Thomas W. Oates, Jr., Michael Reddy, David W., Engebretson Paquette, James A. Katancik […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Endodontics: Treatment Outcome in Endodontics: The Toronto Study—Phases 3 and 4: Orthograde Retreatment Cristian de Chevigny, DMD, MSc, Thuan T. Dao, DMD, MSc, PhD, Bettina R. Basrani, DDS, PhD, Vincent Marquis, DMD, MSc, Mahsa Farzaneh, DDS, MSc, Sarah Abitbol, DDS, MSc, and Shimon […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Canadian Family Physician: Approach to the new oral anticoagulants in family practice. Part 1: comparing the options (November 2014) James Douketis MD FRCPC, Alan David Bell MD CCFP, John Eikelboom MB BS FRCPC, and Aaron Liew MB BCh MRCPI PhD You can access the full-text […]
This summary is based on the article published in Canadian Family Physician: Widespread misconceptions about obesity (November 2014) Jean-Philippe Chaput PhD, Zachary M. Ferraro PhD, Denis Prud’homme MD MSc FRCPC, and Arya M. Sharma MD PhD FRCPC Related Article of Interest: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: What Is the Dentist’s Role? Context Although obesity can […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Canadian Family Physician: Approach to the new oral anticoagulants in family practice Part 2: addressing frequently asked questions (November 2014) James Douketis MD FRCPC, Alan David Bell MD CCFP, John Eikelboom MBBS FRCPC, Aaron Liew MBBCh MRCPI PhD You can access the full-text article here. […]
This summary is based on the Cochrane Systematic Review: Interventions for replacing missing teeth: antibiotics at dental implant placement to prevent complications (July 2013) Marco Esposito, Maria Gabriella Grusovin, and Helen V. Worthington Context Some dental implant failures may be due to bacterial contamination at implant insertion. Infections around biomaterials are […]
Watch the video We recently published a post on Oasis Discussions about issues to consider when selling a dental practice, and we also published an article on the same subject in the final Issue for 2014 of CDA Essentials magazine. Given that practice transition is a very important topic for dentists at different stages of their […]