Dr. Reza Nouri, Certified Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry in the greater Vancouver area, gives the audience information on restoring primary molars. Highlights Understanding the anatomical differences between permanent and primary molars makes a difference in understanding how to restore the teeth including the type of preparation required as well as the behaviour of the restorative […]
Dr. Chiraz Guessaier spoke with Dr. Rick Carvalho, Professor in the Biomaterials Division at UBC about his keynote presentation at IADR, “Fundamentals of Nanofiber-reinforced Composites”. Highlights Resin composites are essential in dentistry as a restorative material. Nanofibers can be used as reinforcing agents to make resin composite stringer and tougher. Nanofiber research is important in […]
One of our real dreams for Oasis Discussions is that it can provide a hub for Canadian dentists to share clinically-related ideas with colleagues, for the benefit of all. Naturally, we are always honored and delighted to work with recognized clinical leaders, however, I am convinced that a huge untapped reservoir of clinical wisdom resides […]
Dr. Barzilay discusses guided surgery with respect to implant surgery. Highlights Implant surgery has always been guided. We used to guide surgeons as to where we wanted implants placed and they would try their best to place them in those exact positions or as close to them as possible. Nowadays, “guided surgery” has become more […]
Dr. Mehdi Noroozi comes back to speak to us about peri-implant diseases through the presentation of few cases. Highlights In this presentation, Dr. Noroozi talks about peri-implant disease which is often a result of improper diagnosis and treatment planning. It is important to educate our patients about the risk of peri-implant diseases. Currently, there are a […]
On September 23rd, Anne Genge and Dr. John O’Keefe hosted a live webinar on encryption in the dental office. Download the PPT used in the webinar (PDF) Highlights Anne Genge returns to Oasis Discussions in this webinar to speak to dental practitioners and team members about encryption. Encryption is the gold or legal standard for […]
Drs. Debbie Saunders and Joel Epstein dispel the myth of time required to extract a tooth in a patient who has undergone head and neck radiation. Dr. Debbie Saunders is a Dentist and Medical Director of the Dental Oncology Program, Health Science North, in the North East Cancer Center. She is also Assistant Professor in […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Endodontics: Comparison of the Anesthetic Efficacy of Mepivacaine and Lidocaine in Patients with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial (September 2016) Ana Maria Antonelli da Veiga, Amanda Carneiro Cunha, Daniele Masterson Tavares Pereira Ferreira, Tatiana Kelly da Silva Fidalgo, Thomaz Kauark Chianca, Kátia Rodrigues Reis, Lucianne […]