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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…
Minnesota Dental Association Releases Opioid Support Materials for Dentists and Patients
by Manitoba Dental AssociationThe Minnesota Dental Association (MDA) has published a new brochure on pain management and the dangers of opioid use. The patient brochure educates on the dangers of opioid use and offers information on opioid alternatives as well as storing and…
Good News for Dentists: 2018 Economic Outlook
by DCY Professional Corporation Chartered Professional AccountantsTax and Business Measures Federal Accelerated Investment Incentive – Dentists will be allowed to write-off capital assets (i.e. equipment, leaseholds, computers, software etc.) faster for purchases made after November 20, 2018. Provincial Proposed new Low-Income Individuals and Families Tax Credit…
6 Exercises All Dentists Should Regularly Do To Stay Healthy
by Romelo Rodriguez CPT, MAT, RTS, HLCThe dental profession is one that can wreak havoc on your back and cause postural issues if not addressed with appropriate exercises. For all of my clients working in this profession, I begin by talking to them about what their…
Surveillance: The Foundation of Effective Infection Prevention and Control
by John Hardie, BDS, MSc, PhD, FRCDCIntroduction In 1980 the results of the SENIC Project (Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control) were published. For the first time this showed that preventing or controlling health care acquired infections was dependent on a thorough understanding of…
Current Guidelines, Considerations, and Challenges of Informed Consent in Paediatric Dentistry
by Erin Goertzen, BSc(Hons), MSc, DDSPaediatric Dentistry and Informed Consent Informed consent is a dynamic process involving a discussion between healthcare provider and patient regarding a proposed treatment. The main goal of this discussion is to confirm that the patient understands the information necessary to…
A Structured Approach to the New Patient Exam in Pediatric Dentistry
by Darsi Perusini, BSc, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C)When a child is scheduled to be seen by a dentist, it is important to remember that this visit will likely involve at least two individuals: the child and his or her parents. Today, parents want to play an active…
Paediatric Restorative Materials for Your 21st Century General Practice
by Carla Cohn, DMDIn today’s fast paced world where information is available with only a few keystrokes, we must be ready to embrace new ideas, adapt and learn. As dental professionals, we live in an ever-changing discipline of new materials and techniques. Even…
Letter to the Editor: The Severely Worn Dentition
by Dr. Nabil Tabbara – London, OntarioRE: The Severely Worn Dentition by Dr. Oliver Pin-Henry – November 2018 Oral Health My thanks go to Dr. Pin-Henry for the timely article: The Severely Worn Dentition. As practicing dentists, we do see cases of worn-down dentitions very frequently.…
Take Care of Yourself!
by David R. Farkouh, BSc, DMD, MSc (Paedo), FRCDCPracticing in a profession where our primary focus is the well-being of others, we often don’t take the time we need for ourselves. When I was applying to dental school I repeatedly heard the comment that dentists had the highest…
Medical Treatment of Dental Caries With a New 25% Xylitol Formulation
by Jacques Véronneau, DMD, MSc, PhDBackground Even with the declining prevalence of dental caries in industrialized countries during the past decades, predominately due to fluoride use, 1 dental caries is still a major problem in most industrialized countries, affecting 60% to 90% of children, and…
Glass Ionomer Fissure Sealants for Proactive Intervention
by Fay Goldstep, DDS, FIADFE, FASDA; Cathy Delios, RDHOcclusal decay and its consequences have a major impact on the dental health of our patients. It is the single most common chronic childhood disease world-wide 1 and its results affect our patients throughout their lives. Molars and premolars are…
Clinical Uses for Silver Diamine Fluoride
by Jeanette MacLean, DDS, DABPD, FAAPDI first began using silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in my private pediatric dental practice in 2015. Minimally Invasive Dentistry is a topic near and dear to my heart as a mother and advocate for improving children’s oral health and safety.…
Silver Diamine Fluoride Unstained and Liberated
by Geoffrey Knight, BDSc, MSc, MBA, PhDThe concept of using amputation to treat an infectious disease was last used by the medical profession to treat gangrene in the late 1800s. The pharmacological management of dental caries aims to leave most caries in situ, killing the bacteria…
Enhanced Minimal Invasive Tooth Whitening
by Dr. Andrew M. Brostek, BSc, BDSc, FICD, FPFA; Professor Laurence J. Walsh, BDSc, PhD, DDSc, GCEd, FRACDS, FFOP (RCPA), FICD, FADI, FPFAKeywords Minimal Invasive Dentistry, Tooth whitening, White spot lesion, CPP-ACP, MI Paste Abstract This article discusses the philosophy behind the clinical protocols to achieve enhanced results in tooth whitening, and the successful reversal of enamel white spot lesions. External tooth…
Psoriasin: A New Biomarker in the Identification of Cancer Risk in Oral Lesions
by M.R. Darling, BChd, MSc (Dent), MSc (Med), MChD; A. Hassan, BMedSci (Hons Pathology) Candidate; L. McLean, DDS. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ResidentIntroduction Approximately 90% or more of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). These often begin as potentially malignant oral lesions such as a white patch (leukoplakia; Fig. 1), or red patch (erythroplakia; Fig. 2), 1 which progress to an…