Dental Did You Know: Sugar Consumption in Canada

The average Canadian consumed 26 teapoons of sugar a day in 2004. (Wow!)

Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2011003/article/11540-eng.htm (read on May 17/2012)

Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100

Dental Did You Know: Women in Dentistry

As of 2010, the majority of Dental school graduates in North America were female. In Canada as of 2008, 6 out of 10 Dental schools had a female majority.

Source: J Can Dent Assoc 2012;78: c1 (citation style requested by journal) 

Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD

Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100

Dental Did You Know: Baseball Players and Chewing/Smokeless Tobacco

Although the latest information was from the 1988-1990 spring training seasons, the data showed that 40% of players used smokeless tobacco. 50% of those had leukoplakia-like lesions where they held it in their mouths while 2% of  non-users had similar lesions.

Source: Feferman I, Healthline: Running Risks, Oral Health, May 2012, Vol 89, No 4, pg 26.


Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100