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Marijuana: What Dentists Need to Know
by Caroline DeVincenzi, DMDThe Cannabis plant, commonly known as marijuana, is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide, with roughly 35 million people using marijuana each month in the United States. 1 Other than alcohol, cannabis is the most commonly used drug in…
Biomechanical Implant Failures Management of an Implant Failure: A Case Report
by Joshua Shieh, BDS, MDSIntroduction The goal of modern dentistry is to restore the patient’s oral health to normal contour, function, aesthetics and speech. 1 The era of dental implants have ushered in a new treatment concept where the patients no longer have to…
Supplemental Oxygen in an Acute Myocardial Infarction
by Dr. Rachel TobisYou are about to begin dental treatment on your healthy 65-year-old male patient when he suddenly develops severe chest pain. You suspect he is having an acute myocardial infarction and immediately call 911. You then refer back to the treatment…
Dental Poem: My Favourite Things
by Mary Strever (for Victor Duchnay)(adapted from the tune sung by Julie Andrews in A Sound of Music) Caps on incisors and people who listen And brush all their teeth till they sparkle and glisten. Children who don’t even flinch when it stings, These are…
The New Standard (and Why We Should Comply)
by Dr. Peter Nkansah“Gotta hit the club/Like you hit them hit them hit them angles” – Nice For What (clean version), Drake On November 15, 2018, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario accepted a new revision of the Standard of Practice…
Dental Board Votes to Allow Arrested Dentist to Keep Practicing
by Dave Biscobing, Shawn Martin, ABC15 NewsThe Arizona dental board rejected calls from Governor Doug Ducey to take stronger action against a dentist facing criminal charges for falsifying his anesthesia credentials. At a public meeting Friday, board members defiantly called on the Governor’s Office to produce…
Arizona Dentist Falsely Obtained General Anesthesia Permit
by Dave Biscobing, Shawn Martin, ABC15 ArizonaGovernor Doug Ducey is demanding immediate answers and action from Arizona’s Dental Board after an ABC15 investigation revealed a Valley dentist obtained a general anesthesia permit using documents multiple people and organizations said are fake and fraudulent. In a letter…
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…
Bias vs. Integrity
by Peter Nkansah, DDS, Dip. AnaesHonesty is such a lonely word – Billy Joel Bias and integrity are strange bedfellows. They are two qualities that we speak of in absolute terms although there is no absolute measure for them. Both qualities force us to look…
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. 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…