Dr. Chiraz Guessaier spoke with Dr. Cristin Kearns about the journey that sugar has taken to fully permeate our diet. Dr. Kearns research started to look at the practices of the sugar industry in 2007. Highlights Dentists often speak with patients on an individual level about the impact sugar in diets has on dental health; […]
Shawn Parisien from Watersedge Dental Laboratory shares a few tips on the importance of tray selection for taking alginate impressions. Alginate impressions play an important role in dentistry on a day-to-day basis. For this reason and to ensure the accuracy of impressions, tray selection is an essential consideration. Several stock trays exist; however, some types […]
Drs. Joel Rosenbloom, Lindsay Louwagie, and Bhavna Sharma, from the University of Toronto, spoke with Dr. Chiraz Guessaier about their recent trip to Ethiopia within the Toronto-Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC). Highlights The Toronto-Addis Ababa Collaborative is the university of Toronto’s largest global academic program to teach graduate students in Addis Ababa in Medicine, Nursing […]
Anne Genge, CEO and Co-founder of Healthcare Compliance Network Inc., returns to speak with Dr. Suham Alexander about the inherent risks in using USB keys in dental practices. Highlights While these portable drives are convenient and easy to use, they can place the practice, patient information and the dentist at risk, if the drives are […]
Dr. Chiraz Guessaier spoke to Dr. David Kennedy, Clinical Professor and Co-clinical Director of the graduate orthodontics program at the Faculty of Dentistry, UBC, about the pertinence of early orthodontic treatment to correct a non-skeletal anterior crossbite. Access the PPT Presentation of this video (PDF) Highlights Correction of non-skeletal anterior crossbites are fairly easy to […]
Mike Bromberg, Equipment Service Technician with Henry Schein, speaks to dentists and dental team members about how to keep Cavijets in good working condition. Highlights Check O-rings regularly to ensure they are not worn Remove the ball cap of the cavijet and keep it clean and free of all powder residue Empty the cavijet container […]
In this short video segment, Rob Waters from Watersedge Dental Laboratory speaks to Dr. Suham Alexander about how the lab has instituted a protocol to help ensure the predictability and consistency in outcomes for dentists and their patients. When an impression is taken for crown and bridge or implant restorations, a master model is poured. […]
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