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 […]
Dr. Bill Scarfe spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about what he sees the future of dental radiology. Highlights Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has brought enormous opportunities for specialists and general dentists, in terms of monitoring disease progression and treatment outcomes, particularly in three areas: (1) orthodontics, (2) endodontics, and (3) craniofacial assessment. CBCT has […]
Last weekend, I attended and played a small role in the annual meeting of the Council of the Federation of Dental Student Associations (FCDSA). For two days, twenty really intelligent, creative and dedicated dental students from all ten dental schools in Canada came together in Ottawa to chart the course of their organization over the […]
Dr. Jeff Glaizel is a General Dentist in Toronto and Consumer Innovation and Development Lead with Ontario Telemedicine Network. He spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the road to implementing telemedicine and how that may mean change for dentistry too. Highlights Technology is advancing at a fast pace and there are many technological solutions that […]
Dr. David Wong spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the potential saliva offers in the diagnosis and early detection of malignancies. Saliva may even have the potential of monitoring our health status and signalling diseases. Dr. David T.W. Wong DMD, DMSc is Felix & Mildred Yip Endowed Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Director of […]