Dental Health

Modern dentistry aims to avoid dental fillings by preventing dental disease. It is important to maintain good oral hygiene by brushing your teeth twice a day, using dental floss, eating a healthy diet, and having regular checkups with your dentist.

Follow the links below to find information on dental health.

Updated January 2008

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Title:   Discontinuation notice to dentists and dental specialists
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Discontinuation of Medicare Dental Items for People with Chronic Conditions and Complex Care Needs (Items 85011-87777)
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Media release. One million Australian kids to benefit from Teen Dental Plan
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government will invest up to $360 million over three years in a teen dental plan to make it more affordable for families to keep their children's teeth in good health.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   NSW Oral Health Strategic Directions 2005 - 2010
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   NSW Oral Health Strategic Directions 2005 - 2010 sets the platform for oral health action in NSW into the next decade. It emphasizes those interventions that provide the greatest benefit for the people of NSW.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Teeth - quiz
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Think you know about your teeth? Try our health quiz to test your oral health knowledge. Is fruit juice bad for teeth and is fluoride good? The answers are here.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Local Dental Officers (LDOs) and Dental Specialists and Dental Prosthetists - Index page
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information for Dental Health Professionals providing services to Department of Veterans Affairs clients
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Geographic distribution of the Australian dental labour force, 2003
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This publication presents the overall numbers and the practice status of the dental labour force in each state and territory, across geographic remoteness regions and nationally. Other statistics describe the demographic distribution, area and type of practice and the usual hours worked per week of the four dental occupational groups.
Title:   Dental notes: Relationships between health professionals and industry: maintaining a delicate balance
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The level of prescribing that occurs in the average dental practice is not usually such that it attracts the attention of pharmaceutical companies' marketing departments. However, we are large consumers of restorative materials, medicaments and other products.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Dental notes: drugs for the doctor's bag
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Dentists do not need to stock as many emergency drugs as general practitioners, however we are required to have fully equipped and well maintained emergency equipment in our surgery.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Teeth and pregnancy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Pregnancy can lead to dental problems in some women, including gum disease and increased risk of tooth decay. Proper hygiene at home and professional help from your dentist will ensure that your teeth remain healthy throughout the pregnancy.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Dental service patterns by patient and visit characteristics
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report provides information on the use of dental services by adults in Australia from the National Survey of Adult Oral Health, 2004-06.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Dentistry and medicines (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Medicines can sometimes interact with medicines given by the dentist. It is important for the dentist to know about all the patient's medicines.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Psychotropic drugs and dentistry
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Taking a medication history is essential for the safe prescribing of dental drugs for concomitant administration. Particular care is needed if the dentist intends to use sedation in a patient who is anxious about dental treatment.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Allied health and dental care services consumer information
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information for consumers regarding Medicare allied health and dental services.
Title:   Personal hygiene
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Good personal hygiene is one of the most effective ways to protect ourselves, and others, from illness. This means washing your hands, especially, but also your body.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Medical management of dental and oral pain
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients may consult medical practitioners because of painful dental or oral conditions. Medical practitioners need to be aware of common dental and oral diseases in order to manage the patient's pain, but it is even more important to encourage the patient to see a dentist.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Dental notes: generic medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Prescribing drugs by brand name may be done out of habit, but this may not be in the best financial interest of our patients.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Dental notes: influenza vaccination for healthy adults
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Very few dentists fall into the groups eligible for free vaccination under the National Immunisation Program. However, it is likely that all dentists working in both private and public practice are routinely having an annual vaccination against influenza. This decision to be vaccinated and the discussion about it, is likely to strongly influence work colleagues, dental nurses, oral hygienists and therapists, as well as patients.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Dental treatment - overview
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   It is generally recommended that everyone, including young children, should visit the dentist at least once every year. There are a range of common dental procedures which dentists can provide.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Dental amalgam and mercury in dentistry
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Report of an NHMRC Working Party. This report examines the issues affecting the leaching of mercury from dental amalgam fillings resulting in adverse health effects.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Dental notes: testing for sexually transmitted infections
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Dentists may not realise that there is an increase in the proportion of cases of genital herpes that are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1. In developed countries there is an increase in the proportion of adults who have not been exposed to herpes simplex virus type 1 during childhood but who contract it genitally in adulthood.
Date:   Feb 2007
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