Dr. Victor Lopes, from the University of Edinburgh, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about increasing awareness and advocating about oral cancer through their campaign, “Let’s Talk About Mouth Cancer.” Highlights Dr. Victor Lopes, consultant Oral Maxillofacial surgeon, and his colleagues in Edinburgh, Scotland take an active role in raising awareness and advocating about oral cancer through […]
Sandy Evans, dental assistant, post-director of the Waldo County Dental Program and PhD candidate, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the importance of coming up with alternative non-traditional ways to deliver dental services in rural areas and to vulnerable populations. Highlights Sandy Evans, who worked with the Waldo Community Action Partners in Waldo County, Maine was […]
Dr. Laureen DiStefano from Jasper, AB speaks to us about her various travels abroad in Asia, South America and the South Pacific where she volunteers her time, energy and services as a dentist for those who do not have access to dental care. She credits volunteering for keeping her passion for dentistry alive and helping […]
Dr. Elahe Behrooz from Prosthodontic Associates, speaks about her experience providing dental care in Uganda as part of a U of T outreach program. Watch the short version of the video interview Watch the full version of the video interview
Dr. Asraa El-Darahali, dentist in Bedford, Nova Scotia, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about her experience treating Syrian refugees in a Jordanian refugee camp. Highlights As part of an international group of health professionals through the Syrian-American Medical Society, Dr. El-Darahali flew to the largest Syrian refugee camp (>80,000 refugees) in Jordan. A dental clinic […]
Dr. Sree Koka, Prosthodontist in San Diego California, comes back to speak with Dr. John O’Keefe about his recently published article about value-based dentistry. Read the article here: Value-based dentistry: Putting the patient first Highlights When treating patients, it is advantageous to understand the concept of value-based dentistry. Practitioners should know what their patients perceive as […]
Dr. Harald Heymann joined Dr. John O’Keefe on this conversation about the future of restorative dentistry. Read the highlights and enjoy the audio conversation! Highlights In this video, Dr. John O’Keefe speaks to Dr. Harald Heymann about the way restorative dentistry may be practiced in the future. While there are advances and improvements in the […]
Dr. Sree Koka, Associate Editor of the Journal of Prosthodontic Research, joined Dr. John O’Keefe in this conversation about the changes that the field of prosthodontics will undertake in the next 10 years. Among six dentists, Dr. Koka is the founder of Career Design in Dentistry an organization that helps dentists plan their careers on a personal […]