JCDA - Canadian Dental Association

CONTENTS
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
D E P A R T M E N T S
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
President’s Column . . . . . . . . . . . 629
President’s Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
CDA: Year in Review. . . . . . . . . . 643
Diagnostic Challenge . . . . . . . . . 668
Clinical Abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Point of Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Clinical Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
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Canadian Dental Association, 1815 Alta Vista
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Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
P R O F E S S I O N A L I S S U E S
Evolution of Interprofessional Learning:
Dalhousie University’s “From Family Violence
to Health” Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Grace M. Johnston, MHSA, PhD
Helen A. Ryding, BDS, MSc
Lindsay M. Campbell, BSc, MHSA
C L I N I C A L P R A C T I C E
Emergency Management of Acute Apical Abscesses
in the Permanent Dentition: A Systematic Review
of the Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Debora C. Matthews, DDS, Dip Perio, MSc
Susan Sutherland, DDS, MSc
Bettina Basrani, DDS, Dip Endo, PhD
A Review of the Functional and Psychosocial Outcomes
of Edentulousness Treated with Complete Replacement
Dentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Patrick Finbarr Allen, BDS, PhD, MSc, FDS RCPS
Anne Sinclair McMillan, BDS, PhD, FDS RCPS, FDS RCS(Ed)
Platelet-Rich Plasma:
A Promising Innovation in Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Tolga Fikret Tözüm, DDS, PhD
Burak Demiralp, DDS, PhD
A P P L I E D R E S E A R C H
Evaluation of a Second-Generation LED Curing Light. . . . . . . 666
Richard B.T. Price, BDS, DDS, MS, FDS RCS (Edin), FRCD(C), PhD
Corey A. Felix, BSc, MSc
Pantelis Andreou, PhD
An independent review* has concluded that oscillatingrotating
technology, pioneered by Oral-B, is the most
effective at reducing plaque and gingivitis.
*For more information, and to read the published abstract, visit the Cochrane Collaboration website at
www.update-software.com/toothbrush.
Please see our advertisement opposite the Editorial page.
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