(Content under development) The following question was submitted by a practising dentist: How to identify the number of accessory canals while doing RCT? Dr. Mary Dabuleanu from Dabuleanu Dental provided these initial comments for consideration: One never quite knows exactly how many accessory canals are present when you embark in a case. The pre-operative X-Ray may show […]
This case is presented by the University of Toronto, Department of Oral Radiology Residents: Edwin Chang, Sherif El Saraj, Catherine Nolet-Levesque, Daniel Turgeon, Niloufar Amintavakoli, and Trish Lukat. Pre-operative images provided courtesy of Dr. Milan Madhavji of Canaray | Specialists in Oral Radiology. Check the case follow-up: Click Here A 72-year old female patient of African-American descent presented […]
A 16 year old boy had a swelling in his right lower lip removed at age 4 while living overseas. At that time the surgeon told the father that it was multiple small mucoceles and that he could not get all of it. The specimen was sent to a general pathologist who confirmed it as […]
This case is presented by Drs Stephen Cho & Ian Furst at Coronation Dental Specialty Group & Cambridge Memorial Hospital A 56 year old male has a partially impacted wisdom tooth #3.8, communication to the mouth, pericoronitis and a complaint of persistent pain associated with the tooth. You take a panorex and note the overlap […]
A 35-year old man develops a serious infection from an impacted 2.8. The tooth is extracted and the infection is drained but he develops a serious bleed 3 days after surgery (from the internal maxillary artery) which requires neuroradiology embolization. One month later, he has recurrent swelling around the left temple and TMJ but also […]
A 9-year old girl presents to your office for routine examination when you notice that teeth 5.3 and 6.3 have exfoliated prematurely and the 1.4 is erupting very near the 1.2. Your assessment from examination, xrays and models is that she is a young girl in mixed dentition with a hypoplastic maxilla characterized by a […]
Have you ever wondered about the history of the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association? The modern bilingual JCDA was formed in 1935 from an amalgamation of the Dominion Dental Journal and La Revue Dentaire Canadienne. The Dominion Dental Journal was founded by Dr. George Beers (from Montréal and the “Father of Lacrosse”). He authored […]
We’re adding a new feature this week called “Image of the Week”. Each Wednesday, an image (some xrays, some clinical shots and some random stuff) will be posted to the blog. In each case, a question will be posed, the answer to which will appear in the comments section a day or two later. Enjoy […]