Drs. Christine Chambers and Ross Anderson joined Dr. John O’Keefe to present ideas about how to deal with children who are anxious and fearful of dental treatment. Dr. Christine Chambers Dr. Christine Chambers is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology. Her research, based in the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research (IWK Health Centre), […]
David Chong Yen, from DCY Professional Corporation of Chartered Accountants, comes back to talk with Dr. Suham Alexander about the suitability of one of two alternatives: buy or open a dental practice. Interview Highlights At some point in their career, most dentists make the decision to own and operate their own practice. However, sometimes, the bigger […]
The goal of vital pulp therapy is to preserve or regenerate tissues of the pulp-dentine complex of affected teeth and includes: direct and indirect pulp-capping, pulpotomy and more recently, regenerative pulp therapy. Pulp tissue may become compromised due to caries, loss of tooth structure/surface, traumatic injury or operatively as a result of cavity preparation. However, […]
In the following video conversation, a panel of experts, including Drs. Howard Strassler, Joe Oxman, and Fred Rueggeberg, spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe, Director of Knowledge Networks at CDA, about THE key factors to consider when buying a new curing light. Panel Discussion Highlights All lights are not created equally and affect the quality of cure of composite […]
A patient reports tooth sensitivity during the initial phase of tooth-whitening procedures, what strategies may be implemented? Pulpal penetration of peroxide, dehydration, and tray-related tooth movements have been implicated in bleach-induced tooth sensitivity. This sensitivity is transient and generally dissipates within a short time. Strategies Decreasing the contact intervals may be a start, using 1-hour […]
Dr. Trudy Nwachukwu, third-year Periodontics Resident at the University of Manitoba, presents the resolution of the case on gingival recession using two grafting techniques. At the end of the video, Dr. Anastasia Cholakis discusses the dentists’ feedback that we received for this case. We would like to thank our viewers who took the time to […]