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Hundreds of Sydney dental patients urged to undergo blood tests for Hepatitis and HIV

New South Wales Health has contacted 930 patients of Cronulla dentist Dr Nicholas Southall, telling them they should be tested for Hepatitis B, C and HIV. Those contacted are patients who had invasive procedures where bleeding may have occurred over the past 14 years.

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Dentists trained to recognise the signs of domestic violence in their patients

The ‘domestic violence: recognise, respond, refer’ training program was created in 2015 when final-year students on clinical placements found themselves treating victims of domestic violence.

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Are you ready for the mandatory data breach notification scheme?

Until now, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) encouraged notification of data breaches. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 (Bill), passed by both houses of Parliament last year, now makes it compulsory to report under certain circumstances.

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TGA Reforms Deal Effectively With Illegal Supply

Proposed legislative amendments that provide the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) with stronger compliance and enforcement powers and graduated penalties for non-compliant behaviours have been endorsed by the dental industry.

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The next revolution in dental care is about to begin

New high-tech treatments may be able to repair cavities without fillings and even regrow entire teeth. Provocative new research suggests that cell-stimulating medications can "trick" teeth into repairing themselves. If these "small molecule" drugs work as well as scientists think they will, we may be on the cusp of a new era in which dental tissue and even entire teeth can be regrown.

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Adhesives developed to prevent bracket stains on teeth

Researchers from Valencia (Spain), London (England) and Sul (Brazil) have performed research to develop adhesive materials that will prevent white stains from appearing on the teeth of people who use brackets.

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