From Dr. Cesare Ciavarro, Coronation Dental Specialty Group Dental patients often present while being treated with different forms of anticoagulation therapy, among which Aspirin remains one of the most commonly encountered drugs. Aspirin, or Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA), works as a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, thereby blocking prostaglandin and thromboxane production and ultimately preventing platelets from aggregating (1, 2). […]
Debating Imaging Radiation Exposure: Study Illustrates Importance of Considering Short-Term vs. Long-Term Risk.
With the explosion of cone beam CT the amount of data being generated is staggering. Anders Ynnerman gives a TED talk about how data is being stored and re-processed to help us better understand the human body. He covers the size of the data explosion, virtual autopsy, functional MRI and more. A very interesting lecture.
From Dr. Milan Madhavji of Canaray Oral Radiology and Dr. Ian Furst of Coronation Dental Specialty Group A 23 year old female presents for orthodontic consultation regarding tooth #2.3 which is rotated and has a crown that appears mildly deformed. See the 1st video below for a panorex and CT with 3D reformatting. The 2nd video has the answer […]
From Dr. Hans Skariah Did you know how much sugar the average Canadian consumes? The average Canadian consumed 26 teaspoons of sugar a day in 2004. (Wow!) Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2011003/article/11540-eng.htm (read on Nov 25/2012)
Have you seen this article? Is Atraumatic restorative treatment an option for restoring occlusoproximal caries lesions in primary teeth? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Read more: http://www.mdlinx.com/dentistry/news-article.cfm/4306281/teethocclusoproximal-caries#ixzz2DiZMfmIe
For a surgical extraction (flap, bone removal) what do you usually prescribed? Leave us your comments. Has the new legislative requirements in Ontario on narcotic prescriptions changed your practice? From Dr. Stephen Cho, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Coronation Dental Specialty Group & Staff Surgeon, Cambridge Memorial Hospital Pain management in dentistry is an important objective, […]
Interesting debate going on in Monday’s post comments. What is the appropriate concentration of hypochlorite? 5% is used by many endodontists, .5% is often recommended in case of hypochlorite accident, 1.25% was recently recommended for in vitro studies for regenerative endo to preserve any live cells in HERS. According to the recent article in JCDA […]