Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) presents as an unexplained pain, dysesthesia, or burning in a clinically normal and healthy oral mucosa.1, 2 A diagnosis is made if the symptoms recur daily for more than 2 h/d and for at least 3 months as per the definition from the Committee of the International Headache Society.3 It is […]
Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) is also known as atypical odontalgia, phantom facial pain, and atypical facial pain. PIFP has been defined as constant facial and/or oral pain with varying presentations, occurring for at least 2 h/d, and lasting for more than 3 months. A diagnosis is made when the patient presents with the symptoms […]
Welcome to our second CDA Oasis Roundtable, where dentists and others in our sector gather to discuss important day-to-day issues in dental practice. In this episode, Dr. Gordan Markic, general dentist from Mississauga, Ontario, speaks with seven dentists from the maritime provinces about issues related to the application of information technologies in the dental office, […]
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is characterized by sudden onset of recurrent unilateral electric shock–like, stabbing, or shooting pain lasting between a fraction of a second and 2 minutes.1 It occurs along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve and has a trigger zone/point, typically in the maxillary (V2) and maxillary (V3) nerve distributions. Pain […]
In this second clinical conversation with members of the Canadian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (CAPD), Dr. Raymond Lee joins Drs. Jennifer MacLellan and John O'Keefe to talk about the intrusion of incisors due to trauma. Dr. Lee is a Pediatric Dentist in London, ON and current President of the Canadian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Highlights […]
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Source: Barriers involved in the application of evidence-based dentistry principles, Journal of the American Dental Association, Jan. 2020 The authors of the systematic review aimed at investigating the barriers involved in the application of evidence-based dentistry principles, as reported by dentists.
Dr. Jennifer MacLellan joins Drs. Raymond Lee and John O'Keefe in this clinical conversation about hyperdontia in the pediatric patient. Hyperdontia, or supernumerary teeth, has been defined as "teeth in excess of the normal number."1 They may be single, multiple, unilateral, or bilateral in their distribution, occurring in the maxilla and/or the mandible, and present […]