Dr. John O'Keefe spoke with Rhonda Lawson, Executive Director of the Dental Industry Association of Canada (DIAC) about the shortages of personal protective equipment and what the association is doing about them to ease the challenge for Canadian dentists. You will find the summary of the conversation below the video conversation. We hope you find […]
The Oral Health Research Community across Canada has been affected by COVID-19 just like everybody else. Laboratories have been shut down to all non-COVID-19-related projects since mid-march; and many researchers are forced to work from home. Yet still, the work goes on. So, what’s it like conducting Oral Health research during a global pandemic? What […]
The management of pain in non-communicative patients, such as children with special needs, demands the utmost in clinical skill, even at the best of times. But with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing dentists to use telehealth for elective patients, diagnosing and managing this patient group has become even more of a challenge. The Canadian Society for […]
Research has demonstrated that kids learn more effectively before they start traditional schooling because kids play games. And when they play games together, they learn together. Dr. Melissa Ing, Tufts University, Dr. Wafa El-Badrawy, University of Toronto, and Dr. James Kaim, New York University, examine this concept in the context of dentistry in their presentation […]
If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic has afforded us all an opportunity to hit the pause button on the daily discipline of our practice and to take advantage of this time to reassess the systems within our office. Dr. Janet Leith, a General Dentist from Ottawa, has been assessing productivity within her office for some […]
The hospital dental department has played an essential role in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. And though the overall incidence of trauma has gone down - as has the need for iatrogenic dental procedures - the dental department continues to provide much needed care for patients with serious illness and injury. So, how have […]
In a rapidly changing post-COVID-19 world, infection control in the dental office is a top priority. How do we protect ourselves and our patients, and minimize the spread of the virus among our community? The Provincial Dental Board of Nova Scotia, in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Dental Association and the Faculty of Dentistry at […]
Collaboration is nothing new. The magic meeting of minds is something that has been well documented for as long as any of us can remember. Back in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright developed the three-axis controls that made flying a fixed-wing aircraft possible. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick, building on the work of […]