There is continued misunderstanding about the value of adding fluoride to public drinking water. The decision to fluoridate must be based on science, and the pro-fluoride position most certainly has been: poor science, carried out more than seventy years ago….
A molecular anthropologist at the University of Oklahoma chips away at the thick chalky layer of calculus on ancient teeth like a hygienist with a backlog. These yellowing flakes trap not only microscopic remnants of food, pollen grains, and proteins,…
Instantly our mind moves to shark!lion!pihrana! before immediately running away because they are three scary thoughts. Apparently though, a shark will pursue us only if it thinks we are a seal. Yet no research team is working on how to…
Sometimes in fact dentists sue their patients. Aggravated damages and legal costs can be awarded to practitioners from former patients for defamatory online reviews. Should they be found to have successfully caused immeasurable damage to reputation and business, and negatively…
Clear aligner treatments, or invisible braces, have progressed immensely since its inception in the late 1990s and FDA approved in 1998. Twenty-five years of innovation and development in biomechanics, biomaterials and orthodontics means an alternative to standard braces, a technique…
Nurses are the poor relations of the medical world. This hierarchical anachronism is institutionalised gender inequality at work for all to see. Dental nurse salaries around the world are a pittance in comparison to dentists and orthodontists. These dental hygienists…
For every tapdancing Dr Terry there are a thousand untalented media whores who are damned fine dentists just the same. Putting your hands down the mouths of millions of Australians does not guarantee charisma in front of the camera. Social…
There is no denying that times have been tough, especially, in Melbourne with all these COVID lockdowns. Sydney is getting their serve now, with the delta variant rampaging through the south-west corridor. Finger pointing is a waste of time and…
The internet has been a boon for the dental profession. 9 out of 10 dentists utilise the world wide web for the promotion of their businesses. Marketing for dentists: More digital than ever and kicking goals left, right, and centre….
Listening to a dentist bang on about their profession could be a sure fire cure for insomnia. Perhaps a professional narrator could lift the production to new heights. Patrick Stewart voicing the wonders of modern dentistry in the guise of…