Meet Dr Ramesh Balasubramaniam, the driving force behind TOM
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes People with facial pain living in regional and remote areas can now access an oral medicine specialist for an...
How Dr Rand Younes is making an impact
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Impact Mobile Dental Services, the community outreach program founded by Dr Rand Younes at 17 years of age, is...
Dr Brett Phillips and a town called Childers
The Queensland town of Childers has taken a battering. Now local dentist Dr Brett Phillips is stepping up to lend a hand with free...
How the pandemic has impacted on oral health
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The COVID-19 pandemic has provided further evidence of the significant disparities in oral health for disadvantaged Australians. But on...
Bashing the Nash
Dr Colin Twelftree’s interest in volunteer dental work in Vietnam dates back to his days as Australia’s only National Service dentist. By Mark Dapin Colin...
HPV’s deadly oral cancer connection
Academics have recently discovered the link between HPV and oral cancers. It is a health problem that is on the rise, and dentists have...
Dr Kathleen Matthews has the common touch
The new president of ADA NSW is certain that working in Wagga Wagga as a public sector dentist has made her a better healthcare...
Innovator special feature: Professor Neil Meredith
Electronic engineering has been a passion for UK-born Neil Meredith his whole life. However, little did he know that with two PhDs, he would...
Sweet charity
The National Dental Foundation has been offering free dental care to the needy since 2004. Last year its co-founder, Dr David Digges, was named...
Chronic back pain
Chronic back pain is endemic in the dental profession. Former dentist Dr Penelope Jones knows why—and how to fix it. By Sue Nelson Dr Penelope...
Introducing ToothChews: chewable toothpaste tablets
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Dr Rob Wood wanted to offer dentistry in an environmentally sustainable way. Then he realised there was one key...
Rich kids / poor kids
Changes to included Medicare item numbers in the Grow Up Smiling rules are likely to cause more problems than solutions, dental specialists say. We...