Suicide in the dental profession

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes It has long been suspected that the average rate of suicide and suicidal ideation for the 25,000-strong dental profession...

Antarctic dental house call

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According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, last summer was the hottest on record with January experiencing a series of heatwaves that sent the...

Dr Angela Pierce and her double life

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Running a dental practice and law firm could be exhausting but for Dr Angela Pierce, her dual careers are challenging and exhilarating. By Kerryn...

Meet Dr Joseph Badr, the creator of :DSmile

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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Inspired by his commitment to oral health and wellbeing, :Dsmile founder Dr Joseph Badr hopes that by elevating at-home...

Dr Anikó Ball on mental wellbeing in the dental profession

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Recent years have seen Dr Anikó Ball educating the dental profession about the importance of posture and ergonomics, but now she’s on a new...

Innovators special feature: Professor Eric Reynolds

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It’s a challenge to list all the achievements of Melbourne Laureate Professor Eric Reynolds AO on one page. As well as being a board member...

What you need

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Many dentists would be happy not having to deal with either special needs patients, or those with intense dental phobia. Dr Avanti Karve has...

Back to the future

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A decade ago, the future of dentistry looked like a limited, and more female-dominated, workforce. A.M. Walsh looks at how the predictions measure up...

Feeling the squeeze

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Are health-fund-owned dental clinics invaders or saviours? Andy Kollmorgen investigates Corporate dentistry has well and truly arrived in Australia, and these days it comes in...

The Cusp Collective

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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes With women making up over half the Australian dental workforce, Dr Tiffany Chen is exploring what that gender shift...

On the road again

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Can Australia deliver on dentistry for Australian teens? Perhaps New Zealand has a private model we can look at, says Andy Kollmorgen It’s fair to...

An age-old problem: The oral health of the elderly

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Hopes were high for a government program designed to train aged-care nurses to better manage oral health in the elderly. So a decade on,...