This question was submitted by a general dentist: What are the current options for treatment of immature permanent teeth that have had trauma leading to pulp necrosis? Drs. Aimee Castro, Jamie Ong, Anoushe Sekhavat and Rae Varughese Drs. Aimee Castro, Jamie Ong, Anoushe Sekhavat, and Rae Varughese are second-year graduate students in Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Toronto A […]
This Urgent Care Scenario (USC) is presented by the JCDA Oasis Team in collaboration with Dr. Mike Casas from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Toronto. It is also available through JCDA Oasis Mobile The immediate replantation of an avulsed permanent incisor is to be performed on suitable avulsed incisors with extra-alveolar […]
With the reported rise in incidence of early childhood caries in North America in recent times, dental professional organizations are re-doubling efforts to encourage parents to bring children for a dental visit by the first birthday. For many children, caries is a largely preventable disease, and I have always found it really sad to see a mouthful of cavities […]
Can there be many more stressful occasions during a busy day at your office than when an emergency dental trauma case shows up unexpectedly requiring immediate treatment? You are already running behind and the patient (and often the parent) is crying and upset. You don’t deal with this type of case every day, and you are […]