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Plant Power for Supporting Gum Health: An Infographic

BRCC, Periodontal Disease, Publications, Research / Abigail Houser

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

BRCC, Periodontal Disease, Publications, Research / Abigail Houser

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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Periodontal health in patients with or without dry mouth: A retrospective study

BRCC, Periodontal Disease, Publications, Research / Abigail Houser

As our first line of treatment, patients to our office with a diagnosis of periodontal disease undergo non-surgical scaling and root planing (SRP) by our team of periodontal hygienists. Following this initial treatment, patients return for their regular and ongoing periodontal maintenance appointments. We have long known that our saliva, specifically our salivary flow rate

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Base Camp 11 – Periodontal Linkages with Other Dental Specialities

Base Camp, BRCC, Periodontal Disease / Abigail Houser

Presented by: Dr. Luisa Schuldt, D.D.S., M.Sc., F.R.D.C. (C) Join us for lecture 11 of the 12 part lecture series exploring cutting edge updates in the world of periodontics. In this lecture, we introduce Dr. Luisa Schuldt to the Perio in the Peninsula Study Club. Dr. Schuldt recently joined our Periodontal Wellness & Implant Surgery

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Base Camp 7 – Metrics for Success: The Re-Evaluation

Base Camp, BRCC, Periodontal Disease / Abigail Houser

Presented by: Dr. Peter C. Fritz, B.Sc., D.D.S., F.R.C.D.(C)., Ph.D. (Perio), M.B.A. & Dr. Amanda B. Longo, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Join us as we continue along the treatment journey of the case studies first introduced in Lecture 2 (diagnosis and treatment planning), revisited in Lecture 4 (non-surgical periodontal therapy) and finally re-evaluated in Lecture 7.

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Base Camp 4 – Non Surgical Periodontal Therapy

Base Camp, BRCC, Periodontal Disease / Abigail Houser

Presented by: Dr. Peter C. Fritz, B.Sc., D.D.S., F.R.C.D.(C)., Ph.D. (Perio), M.B.A., Dr. Amanda B. Longo, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Donna Lavoie, RDH, Linda Dakin, RDH & Taylor Sparrow, RDH Together, we will revisit the series of case studies introduced and diagnosed in Lecture 2. As an interactive group, we will discuss and determine the most efficient

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Base Camp 1 – Introduction & Review of Periodontal Disease Classification

Base Camp, BRCC, Periodontal Disease / Abigail Houser

Presented by: Dr. Peter C. Fritz, B.Sc., D.D.S., F.R.C.D.(C)., Ph.D. (Perio), M.B.A. A new global classiﬁcation system for periodontal health, diseases and conditions, as well as peri-implant diseases and conditions, was revealed at the EuroPerio9 congress, the world’s leading congress in periodontology and implant dentistry in June 2018. The comprehensive classiﬁcation is based upon the

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