Drs. Chris Lee and Brian Cairns spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe about the management of acute post-surgical pain and when and how should opioids be used in such situations. Dr. Chris Lee is Assistant Professor/Director, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences, Divisions of Comprehensive Care, Preventative Dentistry & Oral Health Promotion, General Practice Residency. He is also Director, […]
On April 10, 2014, Dr. David Isen delivered an all-day continuing education course on medical emergencies in dental practice, and on advanced local anesthesia for dentists for the Ottawa Dental Society. At the end of the course, Dr. Isen briefly summarized for me the key […]
This summary is based on the article published in Clinical Oral Investigations: The effect of radiotherapy on dental hard tissue. A systematic review (January 2014) F. J. Lieshout & C. P. Bots Context Decay of teeth, erosion and disintegration of hard dental tissue are a clinically often seen side effect after radiotherapy for tumours in […]
This summary is based on the article published in the International Dental Journal: Antibiotics in dental practice: how justified are we (February 2015) Sukhvinder S. Oberoi, Chandan Dhingra, Gaurav Sharma, Divesh Sardana Courtesy of Wiley Publishing, you can access the full-text article for the next 3 months here (PDF) Context Antibiotics are prescribed by dentists […]
This summary is based on the article published in Anesthesia Progress: Adverse Drug Reactions in Dental Practice (Spring 2014) Daniel E. Becker, DDS Context Adverse reactions may occur with any of the medications prescribed or administered in dental practice. Most of these reactions are somewhat predictable based on the pharmacodynamic properties of the drug. Others, […]
This summary is based on the article published in Archives of Oral Biology: Interrelationship between diabetes and periodontitis: Role of hyperlipidemia (April 2015) Xiaodong Zhou, Wenyi Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, Wu Zhang, Yiming Li Context Diabetes mellitus and periodontitis are both common, chronic diseases. It is generally accepted that the inter-relationship between diabetes mellitus and periodontitis […]
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 […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Canadian Family Physician journal: Bisphosphonates for treatment of osteoporosis. Expected benefits, potential harms, and drug holidays. A Clinical review. (April 2014) Jacques P. Brown MD; Suzanne Morin MD MSc; William Leslie MD; Alexandra Papaioannou MD; Angela M. Cheung MD PhD; Kenneth S. Davison PhD; David […]