PAs Improving in Providing Dental Health Care. : The picturesque country towns of Oberon and Bathurst might be less than an hour apart but as soon as someone opens their mouth, it’s easy to tell why they’re worlds apart. The painful consequences of not putting fluoride in the water. : The Massachusetts Health Council, concerned about the uptick in vaping among teenagers, interviewed young people in four area communities to learn more about the trend - and found that many were unaware that the products could pose any health risks. Vaping may pose a health risk - but many Massachusetts teens don’t know that. fda.gov: Agency urges companies to discontinue teething products, include new warnings for other OTC benzocaine products and revise warnings for approved prescription local anesthetic drugs. Read moreįDA takes action against the use of OTC benzocaine teething products due to serious safety risk, lack of benefit. bda.org: The BDA has expressed concern as a new report shows insufficient progress is being made on sugar reduction targets.
Sugar targets: Dentists tell Ministers this isn’t Mission Accomplished. : The Oral Health Foundation wants there to be a change in how much sugar Brits consume in their diets and hopes that increased awareness about the potential damage it can cause to their oral health will help achieve this. Read moreĬharity calls for severe changes as the UK’s ‘dangerous dependency’ on energy drinks is revealed.
cda.org: With SB 1148, SDF will be placed in dentists’ tool belts as an option to treat dental caries as part of a patient’s comprehensive treatment plan. Silver diamine fluoride bill passes through first Senate committee hearing. la-liberte.ca: Au sein des professions où elles sont rapidement en train de devenir majoritaires, comme la médecine, la dentisterie et la pharmacologie, les femmes n’occupent que rarement des postes de direction. Le travail des femmes : largement invisible dans tous les domaines des soins de santé. Les Annemontois sont alors contraints à se rendre aussi loin de que Rimouski pour y faire traiter une carie ou subir un traitement de canal. Lire plusĭes soins dentaires à même l’hôpital de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts? : Ce n’est pas un secret pour personne que l’accès à un dentiste en Haute-Gaspésie est plutôt difficile, voire impossible. Un dentiste pour 11 500 résidents, c’est la réalité de la Haute-Gaspésie.
tvanouvelles.ca: La Haute-Gaspésie vit depuis plusieurs années une véritable pénurie de dentistes, une situation qui devient de plus en plus préoccupante. cbc.ca: For the first time in decades, you could see billboards for recreational nicotine products. Read moreĮ-cigarette and vaping ads coming soon to a TV, radio or newspaper near you. : Selling vaping products to anyone under 18 will be banned and marketing flavours to teens will be prohibited, along with marketing that features ‘lifestyle’ themes. Teens say they vape because ‘it’s cool’ as Feds move to axe coolness factor Feds stamp on coolness factor of vaping. Note: Gelinas spoke about dental at the 9:13 mark. tvo.org: The Agenda welcomes Deb Matthews, Liberal MPP for London North Centre, Christine Elliott PC candidate for Newmarket-Aurora, France Gélinas, MPP for Nickel Belt, and Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party, to discuss their plans for Ontario health care, particularly hospital overcrowding and surgery wait times. Ontario’s Medical Future – The Agenda with Steve Paikin. : Dental pain accounted for nearly one in four new opioid prescriptions, but these were generally of short duration and low dose. Nearly a quarter of Ontarians newly prescribed opioids received dose exceeding guidelines. This is the second time a student from a Canadian university (and UBC) has won the award. Dr. Jiarui Bi won the prestigious Volpe Prize for the best clinical research in periodontology by students in dentistry. Highly regarded Volpe Prize goes to a UBC doctoral student again. tvo.org: In the region’s remote First Nations more than 80 per cent of five-year-olds have tooth decay - but a new program aims to fix that.
Northern Ontario First Nations are battling an oral health crisis. : Mitch Taillon a practicing Dentist in Assiniboia has made his way through the Provincial and National ranks to be the President of the Canadian Dental Association. The IADR/AADR publish JDR special issue on head and neck cancer Canadian dentistry newsĪssiniboian Elected Canadian Dental Association President. Silver diamine fluoride bill passes through first Senate committee hearingįDA approves new drug for patients with chronic liver disease who have low blood platelets and are undergoing a medical or dental procedure Highly regarded Volpe Prize goes to a UBC doctoral student again