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Tooth decay is almost entirely preventable


By the time they are five or six years old, one in three Australian children will have tooth decay. By the age of nine or 10, that number jumps to nearly one in two (46.2 per cent). The sore part of these sorry statistics is that they are almost entirely preventable.



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Updated guidelines on prevention and control of infection in healthcare


The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released the latest version of the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2019). These evidence-based guidelines are used as a reference document in the development of infection control and prevention policy and procedures across all types of healthcare facilities and naturally inform the development of the ADA’s Guidelines for Infection Control.


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Stern warning about kombucha's 'painful' side effects


The popularity of kombucha has prompted a Sydney dentist to warn consumers of the fermented drink to consider its impact on their teeth, not just their guts. The black or green tea fermented beverage has been spruiked to contain beneficial bacteria which some say supports gut health.


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Is dentistry that lucrative? ASX dental stocks in 2019 says 'only for equipment makers'


Whenever we hear of research about high paying jobs (graduates and generally), dentists are usually among them. If you want to run a business though, the performance of ASX dentist stocks suggests dentistry only pays off if you contribute supplies rather than human labour.


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Sugar, alcohol and tobacco fuel oral health crisis


Oral health has been isolated from traditional healthcare and health policy for too long, despite the major global public health burden of oral diseases, according to a Lancet Series on Oral Health. Professor Marco Peres, from Menzies Health Institute Queensland and Griffith University’s School of Dentistry and Oral Health, is the only Australian academic in the international team of authors of the Lancet series.


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