Published Articles and Books
Impact of Energy and Environment on Providing Oral Health Care
Providing regular care to people living with disabilities is a challenge spanning all fields of healthcare. It is, perhaps, fair to say that the intent to provide care is often not matched by the ability to do so, and that some of this mismatch stems from a lack of understanding of the environment and ensuing energy needed to accommodate the unique needs of people living with disabilities. This article, originally published in oralhealth, April 2024, provides guidance on appropriate oral healthcare environments to facilitate provision of care.
Read the full article here: Impact of Energy and Environment
Dr. Steve Lipinski
Hospital Dentistry: Willingness to Treat Individuals Living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Under General Anaesthesia
Dr. Steve Lipinski has been providing in-hospital oral health care to patients with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) for more than 30 years. In this article, originally published in oralhealth, February 2024, he provides an insider’s view into what is involved in hospital dentistry related to treating patients with disabilities and shares two case studies.
Read the full article here: Hospital Dentistry for Treating People Living with IDD
Best Practices for Transitioning for Patients Who Live with Disabilities
Establishing and maintaining a sustainable dental home for people with disabilities is perhaps one of the more challenging issues across their life span. An important part of transitioning a patient from one office to another is assessment of readiness and preparing a person to move to the next stage. It is the responsibility of the current care provider to forward as much information as possible to the next treating provider. This article by Drs. Clive Friedman and Cecilia Dong, originally published in oralhealth, January 2024, offers insight into underlying issues to transitioning as well as tools and guidance to help providers facilitate the process.
Read the full article here: Best Practices for Transitioning
Stainless steel crowns for young permanent posterior teeth – An overview of literature and a case report
Stainless steel crowns or pre-formed metal crowns have become the standard for the restoration of primary teeth with extensive caries; however, they remain underutilized on permanent teeth.
This pediatric dentistry article, written by Drs. Reza Nouri and Sharat Pani, Certified Pediatric Dentistry Specialists and members of CSDH, was originally published in oralhealth magazine in January 2025. It highlights:
The use of Stainless-Steel Crowns (SSC’s) in permanent teeth as an alternative to traditional approaches of using gold, ceramic fused to metal, or fully ceramic crowns.
The use of Indirect Pulp Therapy (IPT) in young permanent teeth
The use of Interim Therapeutic Restorations (ITR)
Read the full article here: Stainless Steel Crowns
Entry Into The Divine
Dr. Clive Friedman Reflects on 40 years in Pediatric Dentistry and Working with Individuals with Disabilities (5-minute read)
For most dentists, opting for a career in the profession likely came down to a handful of familiar considerations: the prospect of a rewarding occupation, a passion for health care and helping others, or perhaps simply a buzz for the technical or artistic side of the work. But for Dr. Clive Friedman, a pediatric dentist from London, Ontario, the decision to become a dentist was primarily about something else; it was a way for him to get out of 1970s South Africa . . .
Read the rest of the article here: The Entryway to the Divine – Oasis Discussions
Written by Gabriel Fulcher
Gabriel Fulcher is the Digital Content Editor for CDA Oasis. He is an Ottawa-based writer who specializes in medical, scientific, and health-related content. He holds a BSc in Health-related Sciences and an MFA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin, Ireland.
The Politics of Dental Care in Canada
By Carlos Quiñonez
Author and dental public health specialist Dr. Carlos Quiñonez explores the complexities surrounding Canada’s dental care system and policies, including how they came to be, their consequences, and what they mean for oral health and access to dental care.
Why should you have a look at this text?
This new book seeks to answer a long-standing policy question in Canadian health care: why is dental care excluded from Canada’s national system of health insurance, Medicare
To read more, visit: Canadian Scholars | Women's Press
Bioethics in Canada, Third Edition: A Philosophical Introduction
By Carol Collier and Rachel Haliburton
ISBN: 9781773382265
Why you should consider this text
Thoroughly updated to reflect recent political, medical, and cultural changes, this third edition offers a comprehensive overview of the philosophical, historical, and medical concepts shaping contemporary debates on biomedical issues, featuring new sections on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the moral philosophy of liberalism in bioethics, the Mad movement, CRISPR and gene editing, and expanded content on mental health, rural and remote communities, and codes of conduct and codes of ethics.
To read more visit: Canadian Scholars | Women's Press