The news item that appeared in the recent issue of
JCDA implies that CDA, the American Dental Association (ADA), and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) are in agreement regarding prophylactic antibiotic regimens for dental patients with total joint replacements.
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I would like to congratulate the authors of the “Listening to Each Other” article on the work they are doing with underprivileged patient populations. Evidence in Australia suggests that only 39% of Australians are regularly accessing general and preventive dental care.
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I felt somewhat vindicated reading the recent article on the feminization of dentistry. As a member of CDA’s Board of Directors, I attended an interactive session in Ottawa about 5 years ago regarding workforce balance in Canadian dentistry.
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In 2004
, JCDA published our article concerning dentistry’s role in the identification of an unknown child whose body was recovered following the sinking of the ocean liner
Titanic.
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I would like to thank Dr. Van Woensel for his article, in which he politely and thoroughly reminds the thousands of fellow CDA members of our obligations to appropriate patient care.
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In my role as a national dental consultant for Veterans Affairs Canada, I have always been amazed at how much time is required to research evidence-based treatment protocols.
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In reading the April
JCDA Update email, it occurred to me what a great format this is to receive information.
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I wish to thank Dr. Barbeau for bringing a refreshing perspective to the topic of infection control.
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I am writing today about the problems I’ve witnessed with gummy bear vitamins. I recently saw one particular brand of these so-called “vitamins” that was promoting the inclusion of omega-3 among its ingredients.
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This was the title of a piece
1 I wrote for
JCDA in 1998. In my first 10 years or so in practice, I had developed a concern for the elderly and in particular for folks living in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
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An experience with one of my patients made me realize that as dentists, we could take extra precautions when prescribing lorazepam (marketed as Ativan).
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The interview
1 with Bernie Teitelbaum regarding the grey market reminded me of what our President said about buying drugs from Canada on the Internet—that there are no controls in place and that they may not be safe. I’ve found that many of these drugs, whether purchased in the US or Canada, are made down the street at a factory in Juarez, Mexico.
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My name is Nicole Maciel and I am this year’s president of the XI PSI PHI dental fraternity. I am writing to inform dentists of the misfortune that occurred at the XI PSI PHI house.
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The article
1 in
JCDA summarizing the highlights of the Oral Health Component of the Canadian Health Measures Survey was informative and well presented. The introduction by Dr. Peter Cooney, Chief Dental Officer for Health Canada, was also to the point.
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I read the debate article on clinical teaching
1 in the latest issue of
JCDA and would like to thank the authors for the useful tips they offer teachers in dental faculties.
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I was recently informed that as a result of CDA’s reorganization, its bylaws were changed. In the past, one student member received a vote at the meeting of the voting members. Now, as far as I understand, that vote has been rescinded.
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I am writing about my experiences with Zila Dental and its Rotadent automatic toothbrush product line.
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In October 2009, I travelled to Bolivia with Remote Area Medical Volunteers (Canada) (
www.ramv.ca) as the lone volunteer dentist in a team comprising 2 physicians and 6 support team members. The objective of our journey was to provide medical and dental treatment to the Aymara and other indigenous peoples who live in a remote and almost inaccessible area of the Amazon. For perspective, from La Paz airport it took an 18-hour bus ride followed by a 16-hour boat journey to reach the Carmen Del Emero region, where life gets as primitive as one can imagine.
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