Over the last two years, COVID-19 restrictions have had extraordinary impacts on healthcare delivery across the globe. The advent of teledentistry and the virtual appointment have changed aspects of dental practise and accelerated the need for developing smart technologies so that remote oral healthcare can function effectively and efficiently in the future. In response to […]
In January, in the interest of ensuring a safe and meaningful event, the PDC Organizing Group made the difficult decision to transition the Pacific Dental Conference 2022 to a virtual format. PDC Virtual, in conjunction with the Canadian Dental Association, will be held online between March 14 and April 12, 2022. In this video, Dr. […]
Privacy and cybersecurity in the workplace are complex issues that can be overwhelming for many people. As a result, small business owners often simply choose to ignore them. But given the rise in ransomware, hacking and data theft scams, the protection of information technology (IT) and data systems has now become more important than ever, […]
The Dental Aptitude Test (DAT), the long-standing program conducted by the Canadian Dental Association to help students evaluate their aptitude for a career in dentistry and to assist dental schools in selecting first-year students, is changing for the better. Formerly conducted twice a year as a paper-based test, as of March 2022, the DAT will […]
CDA’s commitment to COVID-19 pandemic coverage for Canadian dentists continues with the latest data from the Abacus Data COVID-19 tracking survey. The surveys were conducted between December 13 and December 21, 2021 and were based on a sample of 4,400 Canadians. The data were weighted according to census data to ensure the sample matched Canada’s […]
The Canadian oral health community has expressed interest in this important initiative, which represents the first comprehensive national oral health data in Canada since Cycle 1 in 2007-09. OCDOC's work with StatCan began in the fall of 2016. Other key partners include the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Network for Canadian Oral Health Research, […]
Trauma-informed care is an approach to care that recognizes the presence of trauma and the role it may play in an individual’s life and their experiences in health care settings. Trauma-informed care acknowledges trauma as an injury; it also seeks to avoid labelling patients who have experienced trauma as being “uncooperative” or “difficult to work […]
January 16-22 is National Non-Smoking Week, an annual event coordinated by the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control that aims to educate Canadians about the dangers of smoking, help people quit smoking and de-normalize the tobacco industry, its products and marketing practices. In this video, Dr. Aaron Burry, CEO of the Canadian Dental Association (CDA), talks […]