It was early morning in Sydney and it was a great pleasure for me to meet Dr. Kylie Gwynne, Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Sydney in Australia. Dr. Gwynne co-authored an article in which they cost compared two models of dental care that were provided for Aboriginal communities […]
Welcome to The Grind! The new podcast made by Canadian Dental students, for students everywhere! The Grind features the lives and experiences of Canadian dental students going through and graduating from dental school. The monthly episodes are hosted by University of Alberta student, Navi Bharj, who welcomes your suggestions and contributions. The grind is also […]
Timothy Brown, CEO of ROICorp, returns to Oasis Discussions to shed some light on goodwill. Highlights Goodwill is an important aspect of a dental practice and contributes to the valuation or appraisal of the practice. However, do we really know what factors weigh into determining the goodwill of a practice? Goodwill is comprised of hidden […]
Top News Ottawa’s new tax measures unfairly target many doctors JADA: Caries experience in permanent teeth in older kids unchanged in last decade A march toward scientific literacy Medical cannabis FAQ Children who have sealants applied to their back teeth are less likely to have tooth decay Canadian dentistry news Ottawa’s new tax measures unfairly […]
It was a pleasure to host my friend Dr. Mark Donaldson to speak about a somewhat ‘less thought-about’ issue for dentists: sugar in commonly prescribed medications for dental patients. We don’t usually think about it much, but much of the medication prescribed today contains quite a bit of sugar, and dental practitioners need to take this fact […]
We may be in the early stages of a good news story. My interview with Dr. Thomas Oates, Professor and Chair of the Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics at the University of Maryland, was about a recent study he co-authored and published in Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research journal, titled: Dental Implant […]
As part of our collaboration with the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Sachin Pendharkar, Associate Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. CADTH conducted a comprehensive health technology assessment on Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The assessment was later used as […]
Top News Periodontitis bacterium may hold the cure for leukemia It’s time to break down the wall between dentistry and medicine Middlesex-London Health Unit to shutter dental clinic Canadian dentistry news Dentists in the crosshair of new Liberal tax announcements. oralhealthgroup.com: The federal government has sent another warning shot to dentists and other professionals who […]