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Sedation Safety Week Encourages Awareness for Dentists
by DOCS Education, PR NewswireThe theme of the 10th Annual Sedation Safety Week, which runs today through Friday, is “Awareness.” Sedation Safety Week (SSW) programs and activities are free and open to all oral health professionals. Details are available at www.SedationSafetyWeek.com. As it has each spring…
Data Driven Dentistry
by Jillian Cecchini, Managing EditorWhat better way to learn how to be successful than through the experiences of your peers and colleagues. Throughout our lives, we draw from our own experiences to make decisions and conclusions. Making informed decisions is a quality that will…
Alberta Dentists Suspended from Providing Anesthesia
by Slav Kornik, Global NewsThe Alberta Dental Association and College (ADA&C) has permanently suspended single operator sedation. The motion was passed at a meeting on May 24, which states that registered dentists in Alberta can no longer “simultaneously provide deep sedation or general anesthesia…
The Fine Line Between Business and Science
by Oral HealthCongratulations for lunching AT THE ROOT in your January 2017 edition! The column promises to maintain and enhance Oral Health relevance.Advertisement Over the years, the journal has maintained an effective balance between the business and the scientific sides of dentistry.…
Ludwig’s Angina – A Case Report
by Christos Papadopoulos, DDS; Andrew Wong, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C); Jason Choi, DDS, FRCD(C); Wa Sham Cheung, DDS, FRCD(C)Introduction Ludwig’s angina was first reported by Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig in 1836. It is a severe and quickly spreading cellulitis characterized by significant involvement of the submandibular, sublingual and occasionally submental space. This condition is potentially fatal if not…
Safety of Dental Anaesthesia – A Short Literature Review
by Alia El-Mowafy, BDSCaleb Sears was a healthy six-year-old boy in California that went to his oral surgeon’s office for a routine extraction under general anaesthesia (GA). Unfortunately, Caleb did not survive the procedure. He suffered hypoxic brain damage and he was not…
Barriers to Deep Sedation and General Anaesthesia in Dentistry
by Soheil Khojasteh, DDS; MSc Candidate (Dental Anaesthesiology)Dental anaesthesiologists are dental specialists who administer deep sedation or general anaesthesia (DS/GA) to patients in order to facilitate dental treatment. The indications for DS/GA in dentistry are vast and include, but are not limited to: anxiety associated with dental…
Editorial: The Extinction of the Operator-Anaesthetist?
by Dr. Peter NkansahRecently the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario chose to update the Standard of Practice for the Use of Sedation and Anaesthesia in Dental Practice. While this was a semi-scheduled review (the document is revised roughly every five years),…
Conference Preview: Pacific Dental Conference 2017
by Oral HealthThe largest dental conference in North America is back this spring. Hosting at the Vancouver Convention Centre in British Columbia, the Pacific Dental Conference will have over 300 exhibiting companies and over 200 opportunities for hands-on courses and lectures. Over…
Many Questions are Arising Around Alberta’s Anesthesia Guidelines
by Alexandra Zabjek, CBC NewsAlberta is one of just two provinces where dentists with specialized training both administer general anesthetic and perform a dental procedure on a patient, according to a CBC inquiry. The majority of provinces require at least two “operators” be present…
ADA Guidelines Surrounding Sedation Dentistry to be Examined
by Yahoo! FinanceDentists and their team members throughout the country are invited to participate in an informative, live Town Hall teleconference ahead of the upcoming American Dental Association Annual Meeting in Denver. The Town Hall is being organized and will be hosted…
Dentists’ Access to Anesthesia Is Being Examined in Texas After Multiple Concerned Reports
by Kate Weidaw, KXANThe Anesthesia Committee with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is meeting Friday afternoon to discuss possible changes when it comes to the permitting process for dentists who offer anesthesia for dental procedures. This committee only meets on an…
Crosstex Broadens Product Portfolio with Acquisition of Accutron Inc.
by Krysten McCumberCantel Medical Corporation subsidiary, Crosstex, continues its’ market diversification and expansion with the acquisition of Accutron Inc., the industry leading manufacturer of “conscious sedation” nitrous oxide delivery systems and nasal masks. Conscious sedation in dentistry is used to put the…
Pacific Dental Conference 2016
by Oral HealthThe 2016 Pacific Dental Conference will once again be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre from March 17th-19th. Advertisement The Pacific Dental Conference is one of the largest dental conferences in North America, offering a varied and contemporary selection of…
ConeBeam CEREC Integration
by Bobby ChaggerDigital radiography can improve our ability as clinicians to treat patients effectively, quickly and in a manner that leads to treatment allowing for less pain and recall. This article describes digital radiography techniques, which help with diagnosis for all aspects…
ARTICAINE 30 Years Later
by Oral HealthIntroduction Local anesthesia forms the backbone of pain control techniques in dentistry. Local anesthetics represent the safest (when used properly) and most effective drugs for the prevention and management of perioperative and post-operative pain. The first known injection of a…
Minimal Oral Conscious Sedation with a Oral Benzodiazepine for the Adult Patient A Fact or Fiction Quiz
by Derek Decloux, DMDPerforming minimal oral (enteral) conscious sedation on a healthy adult patient with a benzodiazepine is a safe, cost-effective way to treat certain patients with dental anxiety. Go through the ten statements below with the intent of determining whether each presented…
Viewpoint: The Creative Destruction of Medical Histories
by Dr. Peter Nkansah, DDS, Dip. Anaes.The term “creative destruction” was coined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942.1 Schumpeter was an economist who was commenting on how capitalism evolves. Creative destruction in its original form refers to industrial mutations that revolutionize economic structures from within, creating a…
Registration: It’s Not All Bad
by Dr. Peter Nkansah, DDS, Dip. Anaes.We have to register for a lot of things in Canada. We’re at the point where if we are asked to register for anything else, there is a good possibility that we will object. Take the recent debates about long-gun…
Articaine and paresthesia in dental anaesthesia: neurotoxicity or procedural trauma?
by Dr. Mihaela Toma,1 Dr. Michael Berghahn,2 Stefan Loth,2 Bernardo Verrengia,3 Dr. Luigi Visani,4 Dr. Fabio Velotti4 1PharmaPart AG, Switzerland; 2Pierrel Research Europe GmbH, Germany, 3Pierrel Pharma srl, Italy; 4Genes Holding SA, SwitzerlandINTRODUCTIONThe hypothesis that articaine, a local anesthetic with well-established effectiveness widely used in dentistry, might have neurotoxic effects is continuously under intense discussion. A number of reports claim to provide a basis for the opinion that articaine is related to…