New Titles (including eBooks): February - April 2013
Anesthesia in dentistry
Rogers N. Basic guide to dental sedation nursing resource. Chichester,
West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
http://library.uq.edu.au/record=b3219598~S7

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This week the Dental Board released its latest communiqué, in which it identified "The ongoing issues with respect to advertising by dental practitioners" as an area of concern to the Board. At the same time, dental marketing group IDM has begun to circulate an online petition questioning the guideline regarding the use of patient testimonials.

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ADA President Dr Karin Alexander labels this weeks Federal Budget as 'toothless'. "Having laid groundwork for the delivery of dental care for children in the previous Budget, it is disappointing that this action has not been accompanied by any further investment in the delivery of dental care to deserving groups in the 2013-14 Federal Budget", the Association said in a statement.

The Australian Government will commit an additional $777 million for the renewed National Partnership Agreement (Agreement) to "Closing the Gap" in Indigenous disadvantage. But none of it will go to addressing oral health issues.

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Six national health bodies have come together to promote the benefits of water fluoridation and to oppose the recent decision of Queensland and some other state governments to permit local councils to decide whether or not to add fluoride to their water supplies. The six peak bodies have said, in a joint press release, they "are concerned both for the health of individuals and also that broader public health activities are being undermined".

A common test used to determine mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings may significantly overestimate the amount of the toxic metal released from fillings, according to University of Michigan researchers.

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The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has noted the latest release of significant research that serves to reinforce scientific consensus that drinking fluoridated water is beneficial to all Australians' dental health. The release of the article, 'Effects of Fluoridated Drinking Water on Dental Caries in Australian Adults' in the Journal of Dental Research shows that Australian adults with a >75 per cent lifetime exposure to water fluoridation have significantly reduced caries experience when compared with those with a <25 per cent lifetime exposure.

Half of people would leave a non-healing mouth ulcer longer than recommended, potentially leaving a mouth cancer symptom going undetected, according to new research conducted last month by the British Dental Health Foundation.

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The annual report of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the National Boards has been published, and it shows the dental profession is the second-fastest growing medical profession (behind physiotherapists). AHPRA estimates that Dentists, dental specialists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, oral health therapists and dental prosthetists, who make up the dental profession, increased … READ MORE