Dental Health Week is encouraging you to Watch Your Mouth this year


Running from 6 to 12 August this year, Dental Health Week is the ADA’s major annual oral health promotion campaign, the aim of which is to educate Australians about the importance of maintaining good dental health.



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Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel


Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone.


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Minister For Health To Attend Parliamentary Roundtable


The Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will again meet with the ADIA Membership when the annual Dental Industry Parliamentary Roundtable event convenes in Canberra in October 2018.


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Research finds divide in dental health accessibility between city and regional areas


A University of Western Australia study has found that although the number of dentists in rural and remote areas increased in recent years, it is still not keeping apace with the growth in demand and there is still a divide between access to dental treatment in cities compared to regional areas.


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Screening program aims to raise awareness of oral cancer


As part of its activities for World Head and Neck Cancer Day on 27 July this year, the Australian Dental Health Foundation (ADHF) is partnering with Throat Scope and the Dental Hygienists Association of Australia to coordinate free oral cancer screening clinics in select Amcal pharmacies throughout Victoria.


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Celebrity dentist David Carr guilty of indecent assault


Downing Centre magistrate Daniel Covington on Monday morning found Carr guilty of two counts of aggravated indecent assault and one of common assault, all relating to the same victim. Two counts of aggravated indecency and one of aggravated indecent assault were dismissed. The magistrate did not record any conviction against Carr for the proven charges.


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