Two reports this week suggested that, while there may be a current (or looming) oversupply of dentists, no-one has told the population of Queensland. The Queensland government is examining ways to keep dentists in the public system, but the problem of doing so has been highlighted by two cases, one in Warwick in the state's south-east, and the other in the state's south west.

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The Australian Dental Association Inc. (ADA) has condemned the deafening silence from the major political parties on the importance and oral health benefits of water fluoridation throughout the Federal Election campaign.

This article by Garry L R Jennings and Michael K Walsh appeared in MJA Medical Journal of Australia recently.

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Ruben Meerman takes a look at how fluoride protects teeth and the reasons for its addition to water supplies. This is an episode from Catalyst Series 14 Episode 16 Thu 8 August 2013 on ABC1. There is an interesting segment about water fluoridation in Queensland. It is the second segment of the program.

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Graham Phillips looks at what ancient teeth reveal about our dental health. This is an episode from Catalyst Series 14 Episode 15 Thu 1 August 2013 on ABC1, and there is a fascinating segment on what ancient teeth are revealing about modern man's dental health. It is the middle segment of the program.

Have a look yourself - really interesting

Souths Juniors club, the Redfern All Blacks, this week had five grades, ranging from under 6's to under 14's, fitted out with individually moulded mouth guards in an attempt to raise awareness about the importance of oral care.

The initiative, supported by the University of Sydney's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Souths Cares, the Centre for Oral Health Strategy and Colgate, saw around 60 Redfern All Blacks players fitted with the mouth guards at Alexandria Park.

A new review by the Deeble Institute has identified an absence of evidence supporting the widely-accepted recommendation that you visit the dentist every six months. The review found that "fixed recall intervals appear to be based on historical patterns of dental care, and there is little high-quality evidence evaluating how often people should have dental visits. These sources of evidence suggest that it might be better to move away from fixed-interval recalls to a risk-based approach.

The Australian Dental Association Inc. (ADA) with a membership of approximately 14,500 dentists and dentist students has now joined an alliance of peak professional bodies that have opposed the government's proposal to cap tax deductions on work-related self-education expenses to $2,000.

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