Information Services & Clinical Support

CDA offers a wide range of information and clinical support services to members.

Members-only section of CDA Website
Grow and manage your practice with the clinical and practical tools and resources you need. Available exclusively on our members-only section of the website, you'll find member news and practice resources, including information on privacy laws, GST and dentistry and managed care.

You have access to archives of CDA publications, such as CDAlerts and JCDA Commentary news, as well as Point of Care, a regular feature in JCDA. You can also interact and network with other member dentists across Canada via the CDA Members' Forum.

LEXI-COMP Online™, CDA Edition
This exclusive member service features a suite of clinical information databases designed to keep modern practitioners informed about prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications.

Lexi-Comp uses experienced dentists, pharmacists and other clinicians to serve as authors, editors and reviewers of its drug information content. Two Lexi-Comp databases are available via the members' side of the CDA website:

1. Lexi-Drugs Online™ offers clinical information on over 1,600 drug monographs covering more than 8,000 brand-name medications.
2. Lexi-Natural Products™ features clinical information on commonly used natural products and their potential interactions with prescription and OTC medications.

Other value-added features include education materials tailored to adult and pediatric patients. These customizable patient advisory leaflets, known as Lexi-PALS™ and Pedi-PALS™, provide clear and concise statements about treatments and medications, available in 18 languages.

™LEXI-COMP Online, CDA Edition, Lexi-Drugs Online, Lexi-Natural Products, Lexi-PALS and Pedi-PALS are all registered trademarks of Lexi-Comp, Inc.

Electronic Table of Contents Service (eTOC)

CDA offers a way for members to keep up with the more than 25,000 articles in dentistry published every year – eTOC. This electronic table of contents awareness service lets you decide what to read and when and is a membership benefit available to CDA members at no additional cost.

The service allows you to select from over 200 leading scientific, dental and medical serial publications CDA currently receives. There is no limit to the number of selections you can make, and they can be added or deleted as often as you like. You can cancel at any time. You’ll receive the tables of contents of your selections by email as soon as each publication arrives.

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