As Chair of the Board, I am happy to welcome you to the 2015 Symposium of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), with the theme “Gain the Edge on Infection Control” in just a couple of weeks. The annual OSAP Symposium is the premier infection control education and networking event in the dental […]
As part of Interview Weekend, Schulich Dentistry will be answering questions about the school’s student experience live on Twitter Monday, April 13. Follow the feed live below from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m #askDENTS Tweets
For 2015, The Nova Scotia Dental Association (NSDA) decided to take a new direction with their oral health care promotional activities. In past campaigns, the NSDA has always focused on oral health care awareness and education, encouraging members of the public to maintain good oral hygiene, and visit their dentist regularly. For the spring […]
Scientists from the Nordic Institute of Dental Materials (NIOM) were invited to the national dental conventions in Sweden and Norway this autumn. Head of laboratory Hilde M. Kopperud, researcher Simen E. Kopperud and guest-researcher Frode Staxrud from NIOM interacted in the two-hour lecture which presented data from both clinical and laboratory studies, and was entitled: […]
AboutFace is an organization that supports individuals with facial differences. For over 25 years AboutFace has been providing emotional and social support, resources and educational programs to individuals and their families. Recently, the organization instigated the month of September as the National Facial Differences Awareness Month By Alex Rabalski, JCDA Oasis Intern Throughout the month of […]
Dear colleagues, Here is a sampling of news items that came across our desks at CDA in the past week. We invite you to send us leads to news stories worth sharing that have come across your desk in the past week and we look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, John Canadian dentistry […]
This summary is based on the article published in the British Dental Journal: A comparative study of bonded and non-bonded amalgam restorations in general dental practice (April 2013) Context Amalgam has been used to restore teeth since before G. V. Black described the classification of cavities over 100 years ago and is still a first choice […]
A JCDA editorial consultant sent me a link yesterday to an article in the latest edition of the Inside Dentistry publication, titled Current Thinking on Composites and Adhesion. My respected colleague advised me to read this article and consider sharing it with you. Clinicians, researchers and industry-based scientists provide responses to the following questions. Is […]