Dental News

All the latest dental news, opinions, tools of the trade reviews and research from Bite magazine.

Dental Corp gets $100m Christmas present

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Just before Christmas, Dental Corporation Holdings Limited announced a strategic partnership with Singapore based Fortis Global Healthcare Holdings Pte Ltd. Fortis Global Healthcare will...

New school of dentistry in FNQ

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James Cook University's Smithfield campus' $22 million training facility for dental students opened this week, two years after the school started running in a...

Dental Board tackles Botox and Bleaching

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This week the Dental Board of Australia issued two new interim policies, regarding use of Botox and teeth whitening or bleaching. Whilst advising that...

FDA flip flops on amalgam

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Although it's been about 18 months since they last proclaimed it safe, this week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been hearing...

Managing dental anxiety

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A new study from the UK has found that one in five women are terrified of going to the Dentists - a British newspaper...

UQ reaches out to indigenous communities

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The University of Queensland has announced it will set up some innovative dentistry training schools in southern Queensland next year. The university reached an...

Teen dental clicks over a million

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Last week the government announced that over one million dental checks have left Aussie teens with brighter smiles as a result of the Gillard...

Books to get your teeth into

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Bite magazine has opened a bookstore. We'll be regularly updating our website with new-release books at great prices, which can be ordered online through...

Lack of wealth = poor oral health

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A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows most Australians rate their oral health as good, but socioeconomic factors...

Regional kids oral health crisis

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A new report by Oral-B highlights the oral health inequalities suffered by children from regional areas, low-income families and of indigenous descent. The report...

Neanderthals: they grew up too fast

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A sophisticated new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach...

Scottish dentists seek abuse

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In a first for the profession, dentists in Scotland are to be trained to spot the signs of domestic abuse and encourage victims to...