Pediatric patients can present their own set of challenges in the dental office, and there are times when the appropriate course of action is to refer a patient to a pediatric specialist. In this CDA Oasis discussion, Dr. Nik Sharma, a pediatric specialist from Toronto, discusses some of the common reasons why a patient should […]
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 […]
Can there be many more stressful occasions during a busy day at your office than when an emergency dental trauma case shows up unexpectedly requiring immediate treatment? You are already running behind and the patient (and often the parent) is crying and upset. You don’t deal with this type of case every day, and you are […]