The dental workforce fights for its life

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While the number of overseas-qualified dentists practising in Australia has been restricted, Tracey Porter investigates what impact, if any, this has had on graduates...

New Dental Board of Australia chair Dr Simon Shanahan is ready...

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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The new Dental Board of Australia chair Dr Simon Shanahan looks forward to continuing and even improving upon the Board’s...

Wendy Dashwood comes clean

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In the same year Armstrong walked on the moon, Wendy Dashwood was starting her dental assistant studies. Things sure have changed over the past...

Public interest

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For more than 20 years, Dr Estie Kruger has been trying to find out how to improve the oral health of our most vulnerable...

Meet Dr Ramesh Balasubramaniam, the driving force behind TOM

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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes People with facial pain living in regional and remote areas can now access an oral medicine specialist for an...

Mobile dentistry

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There are many social and lifestyle arguments for hitting the road with your skills and equipment but perhaps the most compelling is the growing untapped market...

The role of curcumin in oral health

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Widely used natural ingredients such as curcumin have undergone clinical trials to prove their efficacy in oral health. By...

Why Victoria’s public sector dentists aren’t happy

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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Victoria’s public sector dentists have long had to endure poorer pay and conditions than their counterparts in other states....

Back pain in dentistry

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Dental professionals can spend most of their working lives bending down, creating a multitude of back and neck problems....

Alcohol and oral cancer

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With people consuming more alcohol during the pandemic, our drinking habits could be setting us up a for a future spike in oral cancer...

Pandemic pause

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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Well-run dental practices are busier than ever, but there are concerns about the oral health of those for whom...

Dr Angie Nilsson on her commitment to public dental

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She’s been employed by corporates and private practices but Dr Angie Nilsson, president of the ADA Tasmania, feels she can do the most good...