Trauma-informed care is an approach to care that recognizes the presence of trauma and the role it may play in an individual’s life and their experiences in health care settings. Trauma-informed care acknowledges trauma as an injury; it also seeks to avoid labelling patients who have experienced trauma as being “uncooperative” or “difficult to work […]
The CDA Dental Patient Special Health Care Needs Transition Process is a new tool to guide patients, families/caregivers, and oral health care providers through the transition process when an adolescent with special health care needs moves from pediatric to adult oral health care, or when an adult with special health care needs moves from one […]
Dr. Timucin Ari is a paediatric dentist based in London, Ontario, and past president of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health. Today, Dr. Ari speaks with Dr. John O’Keefe about the newly formed Canadian Society for Disability in Oral Health (CSDH). Watch this brief conversation and learn more about the Canadian Society for Disability […]