Now in its 55th instalment, the CDA/Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program is a national competition that gives one nominated undergraduate dental student from each of Canada’s ten dental schools the opportunity to present and discuss their research with a panel of qualified judges and other attendees. In this CDA Oasis discussion, competition winner Samer […]
L’accès aux soins buccodentaires reste un défi important partout au pays, en particulier pour certains groupes de population tels que les personnes handicapées, les personnes âgées et celles vivant dans des communautés rurales isolées. Les soins buccodentaires virtuels constituent une solution potentielle à ce problème d’accessibilité. Dans cette discussion Oasis de l’ADC, la Dre Pascaline […]
Recent advances in the use of virtual reality in healthcare are offering the potential to transform care in many settings, including pediatric diagnostics and treatment, surgery planning, pain management, and virtual care. In this CDA Oasis discussion, Professor Sylvie Le May, Dr. Marie-Eve Asselin, and Dr. Wenjia Wu discuss their ongoing clinical trial to measure […]
As more and more patients receive dental implants, which often require regular maintenance, one of the challenges for dentists is identifying the type of implant a patient has in their mouth. In this video, Dr. Thomas Nguyen, an Assistant Professor at McGill Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Sciences, discusses his current research project involving […]
Researchers from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry have launched a clinical trial to establish whether Metformin, a drug frequently used to treat type 2 diabetes, could be effective in the prevention of oral cancer. In this video discussion, Dr. Leigha Rock, Assistant Professor at Dalhousie’s Faculty of Dentistry, gives some background behind the trial and […]
A third year PhD pediatric specialty student from the Faculty of Dentistry at University of Toronto is exploring a method to treat caries without the need for a drill by developing a low-viscosity resin embedded with antimicrobial/anti-degradative particles. These drug-loaded nanoparticles can deliver a prolonged antimicrobial effect and enhance the biostability of the restoration, resulting […]
In this video, Dr. Sonica Singhal discusses a recent study she published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, which reviews the usage of teledentistry in Canada during COVID-19 to determine possible future opportunities. Dr. Singhal, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Dental Public Health at the University of Toronto and […]
Over prescribing opioids after surgery is considered a significant contributing factor to the opioid crisis in North America. Dr. Julio Fiore Jr., research scientist at Montreal General Hospital and Assistant Professor at the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University, discusses his recent study, Opioid versus opioid-free analgesia […]