Suicide in the dental profession
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...











