Dr. Benoit Soucy, Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs at the Canadian Dental Association, with Chiraz Guessaier, CDA Oasis Project Manager about two CDA Position Statements that deal with the use of antibiotics. CDA Position Statement on Dental Patients with Total Joint Replacement CDA Position Statement on the Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Highlights The Canadian Dental Association […]
Dr. Benoit Soucy, Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs at the Canadian Dental Association, spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about the new CDA Digital IDs and why they are important in enhancing the security of dental claims submission. Watch the video interview
Ms. Genevieve Gagnon, Rédactrice-réviseure à l’Association dentaire canadienne, s’est entretenue avec le Dr Philippe Gauthier, endodontiste et professeur à la Faculté de médecine dentaire de l’Université Laval, au sujet de l’inauguration du premier programme francophone d’études supérieures en endodontie en Amérique du Nord offert par la Faculté de médecine dentaire à l’Université Laval. Plus d’infos sur le programme […]
This summary is based on the article published in Clinical Pediatrics: Association between Sleep Bruxism and Psychosocial Factors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (May 2015) Graziela De Luca Canto, DDS, MSc, PhD; Vandana Singh, DDS, MSc; Paulo Conti, DDS, MSc, PhD; Bruce D. Dick, PhD, RPsych; David Gozal, MD; Paul W. Major, DDS, […]
This summary is based on the Commentary published in Clinical Pediatrics: Amounts of Artificial Food Dyes and Added Sugars in Foods and Sweets Commonly Consumed by Children (April 2015) Laura J. Stevens, MS, John R. Burgess, PhD, Mateusz A. Stochelski, BS, and Thomas Kuczek, PhD Context Artificial food colors (AFCs) are used to color many […]
Dr. Hugh Lamont, President of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC), spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the history of RCDC and how they are celebrating the College’s 50th anniversary. Watch the video interview
FDI made five statements at the 68th World Health Assembly: three of them were on its own behalf and two on behalf of the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA). The WHA took place in Geneva from 18 to 26 May. FDI statements FDI pointed out that global and national surveillance of oral diseases (the most prevalent […]
Watch Dr. Gordon Guyatt’s April 21 lecture, “Why Bother With Evidence-Based Dentistry?” at the Faculty of Dentistry. Watch Dr. Guyatt’s April 21 lecture, “Evidence-based Medicine: Past, Present, and Future.” “Before evidence-based medicine, something was going very wrong,” said Dr. Gordon Guyatt during his aptly titled Dean’s Lecture on April 21, “Evidence-Based Medicine: Past, Present […]