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 […]
This summary is based on the Recommendation Statement published in the American Family Physician journal by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Five Years of Age: Recommendation Statement (February 2015) Context Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in children in the United States.1 According […]
Dr. David Patrick spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the prescribing patterns of antibiotics among health professionals in B.C. Dr. David Patrick is a medical doctor, Associate professor in the Division of infectious diseases, School of Population and Public Health at UBC, and Director of Epidemiology Services at the BC Center for Disease Control. To […]