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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 providers in Nova Scotia are pursuing creative, low-cost strategies to reverse the situation. Nova Scotia, of course, isn’t alone in looking at what changes in awareness and policy may be needed as the population ages.

Experts call for changes in oral health care for Canadian children

OTTAWA, Canada: Members of the Canadian Paediatric Society have stated that access to dental care must be improved for Canadian children. Although several initiatives have been launched in the last decade, they found that children still have a high rate of dental disease, particularly those of lower socio-economic status, in Aboriginal communities and from new immigrant families.

Journées dentaires internationales du Québec

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: The Journées dentaires internationales du Québec will take place, May 24 to 28 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The annual meeting of the Ordre des dentistes du Québec continues to be Canada’s largest dental meeting and expects to host more than 12,000 delegates from around the world.

Dental specialists in Canada: A true need?

Over the years, dental specialties have emerged in faculties of dentistry due to the advancements within specific areas of treatment, and they have been incorporated if not into each university, at least into virtually every province. In Canada the Commission on Dental Accreditation reviews and accredits the following nine dental specialties programs: dental public health; endodontics; oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral medicine and pathology; oral and maxillofacial radiology; orthodontics and ...

Destination Vancouver: Pacific Dental Conference

Join your colleagues in Vancouver, March 7-9, 2013, for the Pacific Dental Conference. Experience the true flavour of the West Coast and earn C.E. credits at the same time. The PDC has an expert line-up of local, North American and international speakers. With more than 130 presenters, 150 open sessions and 36 hands-on courses covering a variety of topics, there is something for every member of your dental team.

Survey shows second straight year of declining dental-cost inflation for Canadian employers

The overall trend in Canadian health-benefit-plan cost increases showed significant slowing for a second consecutive year. According to a survey recently released by Buck Consultants, a Xerox company, insurers have lowered their expected inflation costs for health benefit premiums from 14.4 percent in 2011 to 11.7 percent in 2012. This overall trend includes prescription drugs, medical expenses, hospital coverage, and dental care.