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Calling All Readers
What would you like to see in future editions of JCDA?

I’d like to know what you think should be covered in the pages of your national dental journal.

Can you suggest a clinical question that you would like to have answered? What oral health topic(s) do you have a strong opinion about? Can you suggest any people or projects in your community whose story should be shared with your national colleagues?

Please submit your ideas. Thank you for working with me to make JCDA a true reflection of the interests and needs of our profession.

John P. O'Keefe
Editor-in-Chief

This month’s contributors are from Schulich Dentistry.

Why is my patient experiencing persistent pain after a denture adjustment?
Dr. Cecilia Aragon

What should I do if a police officer contacts me and requests the record of one of my patients?
Dr. Stan Kogon

Can a regimented 3-month maintenance program be used as a definitive treatment for patients with periodontitis?
Dr. Tarek El-Sayegh

Correction: A sentence in the Background section on p. 361 has changed. The new sentence reads “Indeed, other therapeutic options should be considered if SRP does not provide the desired outcomes, namely shallow probing depths and minimal inflammation.”

Corrected web version posted July 7, 2009, at 09:30 EST.

What do I do about a patient who requires extractions and is taking the anticoagulant warfarin?
Dr. Henry Lapointe

My patient who has a unilateral cleft lip would like cosmetic dentistry to improve her smile. However, the cleft lip is quite obvious. What treatment options does she have to improve the appearance of her lip?
Dr. Michael S. Shimizu

Are there special considerations when providing “minimal sedation” for pediatric patients?
Dr. Karen M. Campbell

JCDA Bookmarks

The following websites are mentioned in the News & Updates section of the print JCDA.

• The Cochrane Library now available to all Canadians


• National Task Force on the Future of Canada’s Academic Health Sciences Centres


• Dentsply’s grey market campaign


• Toronto Academy of Dentistry winter clinic panel discussion on dental materials – Shady materials: there’s more than meets the eye


• Canadian Disclosure Guidelines of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute


• Information on communicating with patients about harm from the Canadian Medical Protective Association


• Resolve Initiative (Missing Persons and Unidentified Bodies Unit of Ontario)


• 2010 General session of the International Association for Dental Research in Barcelona, Spain


• Canadian Association of Orthodontists


• Canadian Forces Dental Services

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