In December 2017, the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) published an article on guidelines for preventive dental care. In it, the authors attempted to bridge a perceived knowledge gap through the development of a clinical registry of dental outcomes in head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Bob Wood, oral radiologist and forensic dentist […]
Access to oral health care services is a global challenge. One program is leveraging the ease of technology use to facilitate access to populations that would otherwise be deprived. Drs. Paul Glassman and Andrew Tseu joined me in this interview to speak about the Virtual Dental Home program that was developed by Dr. Glassman and […]
Dr. Tamanna Tiwari recently published a review of studies that looked at how the process of acculturation enhances or inhibits oral health and oral healthy intervention in children. She kindly accepted to do an interview with me in which she further explained the concept and its importance. Dr. Tiwari is Assistant Professor in the Department of […]
Top News Ontario’s dentists urge provincial government to do more for low-income kids Registration begins Feb. 14 for ADA 2018 annual meeting in Hawaii High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows Flu vaccine provided dismal protection against this winter’s virus, early data suggest Canadian dentistry news Ontario’s Dentists Urge Provincial Government to […]
Dr. Rick Carvalho is Professor in the Department of Biomaterials at the University of British Columbia. He joined me to speak about the relevance of laboratory research on bond strength and how it translates into clinical practice. Oftentimes, the durability of adhesive restorations is estimated from laboratory bond strength testing, and there is an equivocal […]
In this post, we present an Oasis Critical Moment, a crossroad moment that arise every day in clinical practice and where the decision the practitioner takes, can make the difference between grief for him/her and the patient, or comfort for all concerned. We have invited Dr. Bob Wood and Dr. Erin Watson to guide the […]
Top News Canadian Dental Regulatory Authorities Federation – New Executive Director Pharmacists call on governments to invest in community healthcare FDA explores single-dose packaging to reduce opioids abuse February JADA examines dental role in facial transplants Canadian dentistry news BC’s highest recognition to Dr. Rosamund Harrison, professor emerita. dentistry.ubc.ca: Dr. Rosamund Harrison, professor emerita, was appointed […]
I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald, Associate Professor in the Division of Oral Health and Society Research in the Faculty of dentistry at McGill University and the founder of the McGill Qualitative Health Research Group (MQHRG). The qualitative approach to biomedical and oral health research has for a long time been stigmatized […]