Dr. Barry Dolman, President of the Ordre des Dentistes in Québec, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the Ordre’s public oral health education campaign and new website to promote oral health in Québec. Watch the video interview Resources L’Ordres des Dentistes du Québec (Follow on Twitter) Ma bouche en santé (FR) Ma bouche en santé […]
Dr. David Mock, Professor, (Retired) Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto, and Associate Director at the Wasser Pain Management Centre, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. Dr. Mock was a speaker at the Dentistry Leaders’ Forum during the CDA Annual General Meeting, presenting on behalf of […]
Dr. Toby Gushue, past President of the Canadian Dental Association (1997-1998), spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the beginnings of CDAnet and the process that was involved to establish the service that thousands of Canadian dentists benefit from today. Dr. Toby Gushue would like to highlight the successful contribution of Dr. Bill Leggette and the 3rd […]
Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Executive Vice President of Canada Health Infoway, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about electronic health records and their impact on dentistry. Dr. Zelmer received her PhD and her MA in economics from McMaster University and her B.Sc. in health information science from the University of Victoria. In addition to her role at Canada […]
Dr. Linda Blakey, Member of the CDA Board of Directors, representing Newfoundland and Labrador, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the Women in Dentistry Forum that will take place in August 2015 during the CDA/NLDA Convention. The Women in Dentistry Forum falls under the Social program of the NLDA/CDA convention. Watch the […]
On April 22nd, the federal government announced their budget. Here are the notable highlights for dentistry. Small Business Tax Rates: Budget 2015 proposes to reduce the small business tax rate by 2 percentage points, to 9 per cent by 2019. The small business tax rate will be reduced by an incremental 0.5% per year over […]
One of CDA Oasis priority topics for 2015 is Communication and its role in the success of the dental practice. As “language is the garment of thought”, communication determines who we are and how we think about ourselves vis-à-vis the other. In this context, the use of the word patient or client to describe the recipient of […]