Three Canadian professional organizations have collaborated to create a Consensus Statement on antibiotic prophylaxis for patients who have had total joint replacements. Hip and knee replacements are some of the most common surgical procedures in Canada, with...
Why was CAHD created? Dentists working in hospitals function in complex, dynamic, data driven and changing environments. The demands on our health care systems are enormously challenging and, in hospitals, departments of dentistry do not have the profile that is...
CAHD is the national voice of Canadian hospital affiliated dentists. Our articulated vision is “Shaping the future of hospital dentistry”. Our mission is to promote the highest standards of evidence-based oral health care, advance dental education in academic health...
“There is a looming crisis with antibiotics,” says Dr. Susan Sutherland, Chief of Dentistry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry. While the vast majority of antibiotics prescribed in Canada are by physicians, a...
