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This is how the discussion usually goes whenever NHL team dentists hold one of their formal meetings, such as the one in Nashville at the All-Star Game: a little dental humour (“Randy Mol-ar is still my favorite player of all time”) followed by the presentation of the Bobby Clarke Award for beauty dental work. Ha—gotcha.…

[caption id="attachment_2770" align="alignleft" width="370"] When players are injured in a game “they have to be patched up and recovered as quickly as possible,” Assistant Professor Peter Nkansah says (photo by Ron Turenne/MLSE)[/caption] “Teeth go through lips, teeth get broken or knocked out,” Peter Nkansah says. He’s a U of T alumnus with a specialty in…

Historically, orthopedic surgeons have requested that their patients take antibiotics 1 hour before their dental appointments in order to avoid bacterial damage to the joint in question. Science is no longer able to support this practice since the chances of infection are considerably lower than the risk of adverse drug events with antibiotics. As a…

Be honest, when was the last time you went to the dentist? If it wasn't in the past two years shame on you (though really I'm not judging, until this week my most recent denist visit was an embarrassing seven years ago) - how can you expect beautiful teeth if you don't take care of…