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Age-old issue: Dentistry and an older population


According to the Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives: Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015-2024 report, it’s expected that by 2056, one in four people living in Australia will be over the age of 65 and 1.8 million people will be over the age of 85. It also states an increasing number of older people are retaining their natural teeth and by 2021 only three per cent of the population will have complete tooth loss.



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Consultation open for dental practitioners on blood borne viruses guidelines


The Dental Board of Australia, in partnership with the Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, Paramedicine and Podiatry Boards of Australia, has opened consultation on the draft Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood borne viruses (the draft guidelines).


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Improving oral health: Winners of the 2019 Community Service Grants


The Australian Dental Health Foundation (ADHF) and the Mars Wrigley Foundation have announced the winners of the 2019 Community Service Grants, with winners drawn from across Australia including the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Griffith University & Hope4Health (Cherbourg, Qld) sharing in 13 grants totalling $82,000 USD.


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SmileDirectClub prices IPO at $23 per share


SmileDirectClub prices its IPO at $23 per share, according to a person familiar with the offering. The IPO values SmileDirectClub at $8.9 billion. SmileDirectClub plans to start trading Thursday on the Nasdaq.


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Acute periodontal disease bacteria love colon and dirt microbes


Mythbuster: The idea that bacterial collaborations within microbiomes, like in the mouth, have evolved to be generous and exclusive very much appears to be wrong. In an extensive experiment, lavish collaborations ensued between random microbes. And some bacteria from the same microbiome were stingy with one another.


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