Unregistered dentist pleads guilty to 11 charges


An unregistered Victorian dentist who continued to practise has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to 11 charges brought by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). John Pulvirenti, whose registration with the Dental Board of Australia (the Board) lapsed in 2018, pleaded guilty in the Magistrates Court of Victoria to three charges of holding himself out as a dentist when he was not registered and eight charges of performing a restricted dental act in breach of the National Law.



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Corporate watchdog takes SmileDirectClub to court, alleging thousands misled by teeth straightening insurance claims


Tens of thousands of Australians ordered clear teeth aligners and underwent treatment after allegedly being incorrectly told their health insurance would cover part of it, conduct the corporate watchdog has alleged was false and misleading. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken SmileDirectClub and its US parent company to court, alleging it made the false representations via email, text messages, flyers and on its website between May 2019 and October last year.


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Study reveals new aspects of gingivitis and body's response


A team led by University of Washington researchers has, for the first time, identified and classified how different people respond to the accumulation of dental plaque, the sticky biofilm that gathers on teeth. Their work, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), sheds important new light on why some people may be more prone to serious conditions that lead to tooth loss and other problems.


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