Dr. John O’Keefe, Director of Knowledge Networks at the Canadian Dental Association, spoke with Dr. Siavash Hassanpour about his experience with Bell’s Palsy. They present the perspective of a dentist who walked in the shoes of an informed patient. Watch the interview Dr. Siavash Hassanpour completed his Bachelors […]
Context In February 2009, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) agreed on the need to develop a global legally binding instrument, or treaty, on mercury. It tasked governments to negotiate through an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Mercury, which met five times beginning in June 2010 and concluding in January 2013. The […]
This question was submitted by a general dentist: How do I manage paresthesia caused by a needle injury? The patient felt an electric shock on his tongue while I was inserting the needle for the block. I had not injected anything yet. Is there a different way to manage the paresthesia if you know it is […]
Dr. Chiraz Guessaier, CDA Oasis Project Manager, spoke with Dr. Gerald Zamponi, Neuroscientist, Professor, and Senior Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Dr. Zamponi and his team unlocked a new mechanism in pain management by means of which chronic pain can be reversed. Listen […]
The International Association of Dental Traumatology invites you to help with their project, which aims to develop a core outcome set for traumatic dental injuries in children and adults. The association is seeking your input on what these core outcomes should be. Click here to complete a survey that should not take more than 10 minutes to […]
This summaary is based on the article published in Canadian Family Physician: Trends in high-dose opioid prescribing in Canada (September 2014) Tara Gomes, Muhammad M. Mamdani, J. Michael Paterson, Irfan A. Dhalla, David N. Juurlink Context Canada and the United States have the highest levels of prescription opioid consumption in the world, and the use of these […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Periodontal Research: Effectiveness of metronidazole as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (February 2014) Sgolastra, M. Severino, A. Petrucci, R. Gatto, and A. Monaco Context Modern periodontal treatment generally […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry: Surgical Treatment Options for Grafting Areas of Gingival Recession Association with Cervical Lesions: A Review (December 2013) Isabella Bignozzi, Cristiano Littarru, Alessandro Crea, Gianluca Vittorini Orgeas, and Luca Landi Context Gingival recession (GR) is a highly prevalent […]