Highlights Dr. Aviv Ouanounou returns to speak to the Oasis Discussions audience. In this short video, Dr. Ouanounou provides an overview of local anesthetics which are commonplace in every dental office. Local anesthetics are hydrophilic with an amide (most common) or ester (less common) linkages. Topical anesthetics belong to the ester group. These drugs stop […]
Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng is a postdoctoral fellow in the UBC School of Population and Public Health with a PhD in Medicine and Therapeutics from the University of Aberdeen. She spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about her upcoming session at the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver in March. Dr. Gorman Ng’s presentation aims to inform […]
Highlights Colgate has announced its partnership with Magnusmode, the company behind MagnusCards™, an innovative mobile app that empowers people living with cognitive special needs, such as autism, to independently manage daily skills like tooth brushing. MagnusCards helps caregivers – including parents, support workers and teachers – reinforce routines for people with cognitive special needs through a […]
Highlights Timothy Brown, CEO of ROI Corp, gives us highlights of the 2017 market review as they relate to general dental practices in major centres in Canada. When looking at practice statistics in terms of gross or the amount the practice sold as a percentage of its gross billings: Highest gross in 2016 was 227% […]
Dr. Juan Yepes, Associate Professor in Pediatric Dentistry at Indiana University, spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about his upcoming session at the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver in March. Dr. Yepes’ presentation will cover the most common radiographic diagnosis in children and adolescents. The first block of the session will review the basic of differential interpretation […]
Dr. John O’Keefe explored the use of Phetolamine with Dr. Joonyoung Ji, dental anesthesia specialist in Ottawa, ON. Indications Dental procedure – Adults – Reversal of local anesthesia, Soft-tissue and pulp tissue: 0.2 mg for every 1/2 cartridge of 1:100,000 epinephrine containing local anesthetic administered, 0.4 mg for every 1 cartridge of 1:100,000 epinephrine containing local anesthetic administered, […]
My sincere thanks go to Dr. Joel Fransen who took the time to prepare and share this important case with our Oasis audience. Such unfortunate situations happen and it’s great to be able to share them and learn from them. Dr. Fransen is a seasoned endodontist in Richmond, BC and a frequent contributor to CDA […]
I had the pleasure to meet Dr. Greeshma Thrivikraman, a young post-doctoral student working at the Bertassoni Lab at the Oregon Health and Science University. She coauthored a recent article that was published in the Dental Clinics of North America on biomaterials for craniofacial bone regeneration and she agreed to share with us details about […]