Dental Board of Australia membership announced

The Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council has announced the membership and Chair of the new national Dental Board of Australia (DBA).

Dr John Lockwood a dentist from NSW (previously President of the NSW Dental Board), will chair the 12 member body.

The Ministers decided that the practitioner members of the DBA would comprise five dentists, one dental therapist, one dental hygienist and one dental prosthetist. This is an improvement over an earlier proposal that would have only seen three dentist members.

The DBA members are as follows:
Ms Susan Aldenhoven - appointed as a practitioner member (dental hygienist) from South Australia
Mrs Jennifer Bishop - appointed as a practitioner member (dental therapist) from Queensland
Dr Carmelo Bonnano - appointed as a practitioner member (dentist) from the ACT
Dr Gerard Condon - appointed as a practitioner member (dentist) from Victoria
Mr Stephen Herrick - appointed as a community member
Mr Paul House - appointed as a practitioner member (dental prosthetist) from Tasmania
Dr Mark Leedham - appointed as a practitioner member (dentist) from the Northern Territory
Dr John Lockwood - appointed as Chair and a practitioner member (dentist) from New South Wales
Mr Peter Martin - appointed as a community member
Mr Michael Miceli -appointed as a community member
Dr John Owen - appointed as a practitioner member (dentist) from Western Australia
Mrs Myra Pincott - appointed as a community member

Induction programs and arrangements for the first meetings of the new national boards are now being finalised so that they can commence in September, and start preparing for the new national registration and accreditation scheme to be operative from 1 July 2010.