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May 3, 2017 ** le 3 mai 2017
Oral Health
Winnipeg refugees walk away with new smiles SaturdayCBC • April 29th, 2017
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United Way, Odyssey Dental Care provide first-ever visit to dentist for some newcomers from Congo, Syri... refugees living in Winnipeg got a brighter smile thanks to some much-needed dental work Saturday. About 40 refugees were invited by the......
6 Simple Tips to Help Your Kid be the Happiest One at the Dentist’s Office
Calgary's Child • April 26th, 2017
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Written by Robin Raven; Photo: Fotolia.com You may imagine your little one smiling at you in the distant future with their full set of pearly white adult teeth, and taking care of their teeth can seem of utmost importance - and it is. Taking your...
ADA Releases New Releases Resources on Genetics and Oral Health
Oral Health Journal • April 28th, 2017
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sources for dental professionals and the public related to genetics and oral health. According to the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs’ Genetic Testing...
Lack of dental care impairs many in Niagara
St. Catharines Standard • April 24th, 2017
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Cost and a lack of health insurance are the two biggest barriers facing many adults in Niagara seeking dental health care, a survey conducted by Niagara Dental Health Coalition recently found...
Prevention the key to improving Nunavut oral health: chief dentist
Nunatsiaq News • April 25th, 2017
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bit.ly/2pXSyrB. Nunavut spends up to 13 times more per person on dental care every year than any other jurisdiction in Canada—that is, roughly $5,00...
Edmonton dentist offers patients Oilers fan art on their dental crowns
CHED 630 AM • April 28th, 2017
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Edmonton, Alberta / 630 CHED - Edmonton Breaking News, Traffic, Weather and Sports Radio Station An Edmonton dentist is so excited about the Edmonton Oilers playoff run, he is offering his patients who need crowns the chance to have an Oilers logo...
Student health plan benefits to be adjusted following rising costs
University of Victoria Martlet • April 28th, 2017
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UVSS Health and Dental Pl...an costs are expected to exceed what students pay each semester in premiums next year....
Cambrian's dental program offering clinics
Sudbury Star • April 27th, 2017
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Cambrian College’s dental clinic is o...ffering dental services to adolescents who are 25 years old or younger, from May 9-17. The ...
The challenges of terminating benefits for employees on disability
Benefits Canada • April 26th, 2017
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nd helping them return to work successfully. But what happens to health and dental benefits when it’s not......
Corporate Canada helped drive rising demand for pharmacare
Toronto Star Online • April 26th, 2017
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Re: NDP’s proposed pharmacare plan would cover 125 prescriptions, April 25 NDP’s proposed pharmacare plan would cover 125 prescriptions, April 25 Corporate Canada should share at least some responsibility in creating this issue of prescription...
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Association des Assistant(e)s dentaires du Québec
LBPSB Partnership with Cree Oral Health Services in James Bay Communities
By Tammy Thomson
Outside of clinic in Wemindji
Dental assistants in the nine Cree communities around James Bay will have training provided to them starting in 2017- it’s taken over a year in planning and coordinating but the project is slated to go forward in January. The project began through an almost-chance encounter at the big dental convention which takes place in Montreal annually- the Journées Dentaires Internationales du Québec (JDIQ). Louise, a dentist from the Cree Board approached the Quebec dental assistant’s association (AADQ) to ask about dental assistant training, as luck would have it, I was there to greet her. I am a teacher and curriculum leader for LBPSB’s dental assistance program and am also on the Executive Committee of the Quebec Dental Assistant’s Association (AADQ) so I was at the booth that day- from humble beginnings, great things are built.
DA Helen in Chisasibi
I went north (about 1400 km north!) for the first time in November 2015; my director, Paula Pedroso, let me use a week of presence time and the Cree Board of Health and Social Services James Bay (CBHSSJB) paid for my travel and lodging and off I went. I visited the two largest Cree communities: Mistissini (pop. 3427) and Chisasibi (pop. 4484) where I toured the dental clinics and met some of the dental assistants and dentists who work there. I went back for a week in March 2016 for a more comprehensive visit and had a whirlwind tour of Chisasibi, Wemindji, Waskaganish and Waswanipi where I saw more dental clinics and met more DAs.
I gathered information on which types of treatments were performed, what resources were available and got an overall picture of dentistry in Eeyou Istchee, as the area is called by the Cree. I immediately felt right at home in the clinics; everything looked just like at home and the staff were very welcoming. Many of the clinics are new or newly renovated and some of the DAs have lots of chairside experience. Some, like Helen, participated in a pilot training program given by LBPSB teachers in 2005.
Sterilization area in Waswanipi Treatment room in Mistissini
Personal highlights of my trip were looking out the window while eating lunch at the lodge in Waskaganish and seeing people dog-sledding on James Bay and having some workers in the lunch room in Waswanipi share their lunch with me, regale me with hunting stories and teach me how to write and say my name in Cree.
From the window in the lodge in Waskaganish
Proposed training models were considered and the one which will be implemented in January provides for an alternating work and half training model provided simultaneously in multiple communities with DA teacher/trainers travelling from community to community. I am unfortunately unable to participate in this model because I cannot be away from home and work for such extended periods but I intend to follow the program with interest and wish the DAs in Eeyou Istchee best of luck in their training.
- Agoodahh ĊΓ
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