Publications/Guidelines/Practice Advisories

PEAK

Included in every issue of Dispatch, the College’s quarterly membership magazine, is an academic article titled Practice Enhancement and Knowledge, or PEAK.

The College provides PEAK articles as a special membership service. The goal of PEAK is to provide Ontario dentists with key articles on a wide range of clinical and non-clinical topics from dental literature around the world.

Below is a list of PEAK article on ethics and ethical decisions.

Duty to Treat, Dental Law in Canada
by Fiona Bergin
October/November 2004 Dispatch

Silence Is Deadly - The Dentist’s Role in Domestic Violence Prevention
November/December 2008 Dispatch

Guidelines, Practice Advisories, and Policy Statements

Guidelines respecting Conflict of Interest – August 2002

Practice Advisory on Professional Advertising – September 1998

Practice Advisory on Informed Consent Issues including Communication with Minors and with Other Patients who may be Incapable of Providing Consent – August 2007

Practice Advisory on Practice Names – August 2002

Practice Advisory on Prevention of Sexual Impropriety in the Dental Office – November 2003

Policy Statement on Water Fluoridation

Policy Statement on Dental Amalgams