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Vickie Sugarman, DDS: Doing well by doing good

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA: One morning a little more than four years ago, Vickie Sugarman, DDS, woke up thinking she’d like to volunteer for a ...

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Sonu Sharma, DDS: Doing well by doing good

Sonu Sharma, DDS, thought so highly of the dental brigade trip he took to Uganda in 2012, he now serves on the sponsoring organization’s board of ...

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Dr. Sam Daher joins Key Opinion Leadership Group of OrthoAccel

HOUSTON, Texas, USA: OrthoAccel Technologies recently announced the addition of distinguished Canadian orthodontist Dr. Sam Daher to its Key Opinion ...

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Miles of aisles: PDC’s exhibit hall offers seemingly limitless selection

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada: The thousands of feet of aisles in the Pacific Dental Conference Exhibit Hall abounded with ...

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William Rodriguez, DDS, and Joyce Rodriguez: Doing well by doing good

MISSISSAUGA, CANADA: It’s not unusual for dentists on service missions to encounter transportation challenges. That’s often the point: Deliver ...

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Dental instruments manufacturer builds on more than 60 years of experience

Prodont-Holliger, a French manufacturer of dental instruments, prides itself on using only the highest quality stainless steel and the latest production ...

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Ramzi Haddad, DDS: Doing well by doing good

Two years ago, a hygienist in one of the two practices that Ramzi Haddad, DDS, owns in Toronto announced she was volunteering for a dental-services mission ...

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Does your implant training meet the new guidelines?

Until recently, implant dentistry was considered to be a therapy that was primarily provided by dental specialists, and as such, training regulations were ...

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JDIQ to include national gathering of prosthodontists

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: Following what meeting organizers describe as a highly successful convention this past spring, planning is now in full force for ...

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AMD LASERS to direct-sell Picasso laser technology in Canada

TULSA, OKLA., USA: AMD LASERS, a global developer and manufacturer of dental lasers and provider of dental laser education, has announced that its Picasso ...

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Pacific Dental Conference schedules two days of live dentistry

VANCOUVER, British Colombia, Canada: The 2014 Pacific Dental Conference, from March 6 to 8 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) in Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

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Bright Dental: Doing well by doing good

ST. ALBERT, Alberta, Canada: A couple of years ago, a school in St. Albert, Alberta, called Bright Dental with an unusual request: A student desperately ...

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Larry Hoffman, DDS: Doing well by doing good

CALLANDER, Ontario, Canada: The people at Henry Schein Canada are driven by the philosophy of “doing well by doing good.” And it’s in ...

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Recent Canadian dental graduates taking longer to set up practices

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: The tracking of a long-term trend shows that recent Canadian dental graduates are taking longer to set up practices than those who...

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76th Annual Winter Clinic packs an entire dental convention into a single-day event

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: The Winter Clinic is the largest one-day dental convention in North America, where dental professionals come to learn from world ...

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Treating the cause of malocclusions, not the consequence

Extraction versus non-extraction treatment in orthodontics has been a matter of controversy since the beginning of the specialty. Edward H. Angle debated, ...

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Leaders in oral health and dental hygiene recognized

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada: Canadian leaders in oral health will be recognized for their service to the Canadian public and their outstanding contributions to ...

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Dental hygienists now self-regulated in Newfoundland and Labrador

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada: Earlier this summer, dental hygienists in Newfoundland and Labrador became self-regulating under the Health Professions Act (2010) ...

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Nova Scotia improving dental care for children

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada: The province of Nova Scotia is working with the IWK Health Centre to more than double the number of Nova Scotia children who ...

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Planning is under way for 2014 JDIQ

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: With the most recent Journées dentaires internationales du Québec just wrapped up in May, the JDIQ staff is already ...

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Henry Schein opens its disaster relief hotline to support customers affected by floods

MELVILLE, N.Y., USA: Henry Schein Canada, the Canadian Dental business of Henry Schein Inc., has opened the Henry Schein Disaster Relief Hotline for ...

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Pacific Dental Conference combines education, networking, scenic locale

VANCOUVER, British Colombia, Canada: The 2014 Pacific Dental Conference, from March 6 to 8 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) in Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

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43rd JDIQ meeting in Montreal offers opportunities everywhere

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: The 43nd Journées dentaires internationales du Québec (JDIQ), held May 24 to 28, offered plenty of lectures, ...

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IACA conference to be held in Calgary

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada: The IACA has become the premier educational meeting in dentistry and, by far, the best meeting I personally have ever attended. ...

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JDIQ courses filling fast

Courses are filling fast for the Journées dentaires internationales du Québec, May 24 to 28, at the Palais des congrès de ...

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Meeting review: 2013 Pacific Dental Conference

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Overcast skies could not dampen the enthusiasm among those within the more than 570 booths at the Pacific Dental Conference ...

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Interview: Don’t let pain end your career

Are your aches and pains progressing to a point that you’re wondering if your days as a dentist, hygienist or assistant might be ending sooner than ...

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‘Live Dentistry’ is a highlight of Pacific Dental Conference

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Perhaps nowhere at the Pacific Dental Conference do the event’s core offerings blend better than on the Exhibit ...

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Interview: Diagnosing fibro-osseous lesions

Dr. David MacDonald is known across dental sectors for his 2011 book “Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology: a Diagnostic Approach,” published by ...

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Oral health lags in long-term care

After discovering a gap in oral health care available to residents of long-term care facilities, dental professionals, educators, and extended-care ...

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