Jeremias Olivier and family’s $2.9m Medicare fraud case drags through court


The lawyer for a family accused of making more than 28,000 fraudulent Medicare transactions worth almost $3m has told a court he is "disturbed" the matter is going "nowhere quickly" as the case crawls through the courts.

Jeremias Olivier, who ran a dental van business, his wife Johannah and their two daughters Venessa and Michelle did not appear in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday when lawyer Cabral Douglas argued their matter had been proceeding at a glacial pace.



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Specialist registration granted on appeal


A tribunal has granted specialist registration to a practitioner on appeal. In March 2019, the Dental Board of Australia (the Board) refused an application by Dr Roy George for specialist registration as an endodontist on the basis he was not qualified. Dr George sought review of this decision in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the tribunal).


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WHO World Healthy Assembly approves global oral health strategy


The adoption of a Global oral health strategy at the WHO 75th World Health Assembly in late May 2022 has been described as "a historic moment for the oral health community" by the FDI World Dental Federation which has commended the strategy and which stands ready to support the development an action plan and monitoring framework that it hopes will be in place by 2023.


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Researchers developing 3D ultrasound device to diagnose dental disease


Researchers at the University of Alberta have secured funding to develop a 3D ultrasound system which would give dentists the ability to diagnose periodontal disease without the use of dental radiographic technology.


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Cost of living chaos: Postponing dental appointments will lead to major health issues in Australia


Australians are ditching their dentists in a desperate attempt to tighten their budgets amid soaring inflation... A recent survey revealed 71 per cent of Australians have considered putting off dental checkups as the cost of living continues to climb - just as they did when the pandemic began.


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