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The laughing gas parties of the 1700s — and how they sparked a medical breakthrough


In a drawing room above his laboratory, English chemist Humphry Davy threw quite the soiree. He offered his guests — poets, playwrights, doctors and scientists — not a drink, but a puff from a green silk bag containing nitrous oxide — laughing gas.



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Recipient of the Reginald and Pamela Hession Award announced


The recipient of Reginald and Pamela Hession Award (the Award) for 2018 is Dr Nicola Cirillo, an Associate Professor at Melbourne Dental School (University of Melbourne), who has been selected for his research work examining whether glucocorticoids promote oral carcinogenesis.


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I pull teeth out for a living. Informed consent is a daily conundrum


I pull out teeth for a living. It sounds simple. The tooth is numbed with the needle, the forceps clasp the tooth and out it comes. It is not simple.


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Activating tooth regeneration in mice


Most reptiles and fish have multiple sets of teeth during their lifetime. However, most mammals, such as humans, have only one set of replacement teeth and some mammals, like mice, have only a single set with no replacement. This diversity raises both evolutionary questions -- how did different tooth replacement strategies evolve? -- and developmental ones -- which mechanisms prevent replacement teeth in animals that lost them?


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Pacific Smiles stops Velocity Points for dental deal


Brace yourselves: dental chain Pacific Smiles is getting out of the points business. The service has previously allowed customers to earn Velocity Points, with 500 Velocity Points on offer for the first check-up and 250 Velocity Points for each subsequent check-up (capped at no more than 2 in any 12-month period).


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ADA NSW Volunteer Days


ADA NSW are conducting volunteer dental days and are seeking volunteer dental assistants to help out on those days.There will be 4 Red Cross Clinic dates currently scheduled and they are hoping to organise a couple of charity clinics during the year at ADANSW in St. Leonards. ADA would love to hear from any DA’s interested in volunteering.


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