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Sensory Adaptations Found To Help Children With Autism At The Dentist - Blog post

Adaptations to Help Children with Autism at the Dentist

New research from JAMA Network Open has found that children with autism displayed significantly less stress in sensory-adapted dental environments (SADE) compared to a regular dental environment (RDE). Children with autism tend to have more oral health challenges, often due to sensory overresponsivity. Dental offices can be an overwhelming environment with the bright lights, loud tools and reclining chairs. […]

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Shifting Risks In Dental Radiography Using Artificial Intelligence - Blog post

Shifting Risks in Dental Radiography Using Artificial Intelligence

We are living in a new chapter of human development. Known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it represents a fundamental change in how we live, work and relate to one another. This change is enabled by extraordinary technology, which blurs the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both prodigious progress and potential

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The Oral-Gut Connection: Feeding Our Gut To Protect Our Teeth - Blog post

The Oral-Gut Connection: Feeding our gut to protect our teeth

The Oral-Gut Connection: Feeding our gut to protect our teeth Presented by: Dr. Wendy Ward and Carly Zanatta Do you know that your gut and oral health are intricately connected? Our latest Learning Stream lecture delved into the fascinating world of probiotics, prebiotics, and the oral-gut connection. The exciting news is that these tiny microbes

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Plant Power For Supporting Gum Health: An Infographic

Plant Power for Supporting Gum Health: An Infographic

Gum disease affects 70% of Canadians and is associated with many systemic diseases for which the benefits of plant-based diets have been well-established. In ‘A Plant-Based Diet and Periodontal Health’, published in last year’s October edition of Oral Health, we discussed the findings and potential implications of studies that have reported the association between plant-based

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A Plant-Based Diet And Periodontal Health

A Plant-Based Diet and Periodontal Health

What is a ‘plant-based diet’? Essentially, this is an umbrella term that describes a diet characterized by a focus on food sources from plants with a lower, although not necessarily eliminated, consumption of animal and animal-derived products. Canadians are hearing and reading about this topic more and more, especially since the 2019 update of Canada’s

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Never Waste a Good Crisis: An Opportunity to Bounce Forward

Given the requirement for aerosol generating procedures to provide effective dental treatment, the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly challenging for all dental professionals. As leaders of our teams, dentists are used to being prepared for all sorts of emergencies. However, emergencies and disasters are quite different. During an emergency you need quick decision making; there

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