Public Oral Health Awards winners announced

Congratulations to the winners of DHSV's 2015 Public Oral Health Awards who have been commended for their care and commitment to public dental services.

The awards are presented every year to dental professionals who go above and beyond to care for Victorians most in need of dental treatment.

The winners were:

Star of Public Dentistry
Sharon Richardson, EACH & The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne

Public Dental Clinic of the Year
Goulburn Valley Health Dental Clinic

Community Oral Health Champion
Cath Flanagan, Merri Community Health Services

Oral Project of the Year
Victorian Preschoolers Oral Health Survey (VPOHS), Centre for Applied Oral Health Research & The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne

Find out more:
www.dhsv.org.au
Shepparton News - 18 Dec 2015

Season's Greetings and Branch opening hours

We wish all members, practice staff and their families, and the Victorian community, an enjoyable and safe festive season, a well-deserved break and a peaceful and Happy New Year.

The ADAVB Branch office will close at 12 noon, 24 December 2015, and reopen 4 January 2016. We look forward to a busy and productive 2016.

How far do you have to run to burn off your sugary drink habit?

A thought-provoking new video from Rethink Sugary Drink shows how much exercise you would need to do to burn off your sugary drink habit – 52km of running each week in some cases.

The video features a man running from the city to the country to burn off his sugary drink habit.

It also highlights that too much sugar from sugary drinks can lead to weight gain and obesity, increasing your risk of disease. It can also lead to tooth decay.

The alternative? It’s natural, free and refreshing – water!

For more tips to help you break your sugary drink habit, visit www.rethinksugarydrink.org.au

New report shows high rates of preventable hospitalisations in Australia

A new report released today by the National Health Performance Authority, illustrates the high rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations in Australia.

Focusing on five key health areas that contribute most to potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH), including dental conditions, the report looks at the variation in rates across Primary Health Network (PHN) areas.

Nationally, the lowest PPH rate for dental conditions was in Central and Eastern Sydney PHN with 190 admissions per 100,000 people. The highest was in Western Qld PHN (443 per 100,000).

Western Vic had the highest rate of PPHs for dental conditions in Victoria with 377 per 100,000  - the equal third highest nationally.

The lowest in Victoria was in the South Eastern Melbourne PHN: 237 per 100,000.

Further information

• Source: Healthy Communities: Potentially preventable hospitalisations in 2013–14

• Explore your PHN area: Interactive data for dental conditions

• What is a PPH? "Potentially preventable hospitalisation": a hospital admission, which may have been prevented by timely access to adequate primary health care to prevent the condition, or that the condition once developed could have been better treated in the community.

Dental Relocation and Infrastructure Support Scheme – Information Session

The Dental Relocation and Infrastructure Support Scheme (DRISS) is a grants scheme that provides Infrastructure and Relocation Grants to dentists who relocate to regional or remote locations within Australia to provide general dental services.

DRISS offers:

• Relocation Grants of $15,000 to $120,000; and
• Relocation and Infrastructure Grants up to $370,000.

The grants are available to registered general dentists who want to work in private practice in a location more regional, rural or remote than their current practice.

The DRISS Information Session will cover:

• Purpose of DRISS
• Eligibility and the types of grants available
• DRISS application and grant management processes.

Victorian Information Session - Funding Round 6

Date: Tuesday 16 February 2016
Time: 5.45pm for 6.00pm start
Venue: ADAVB Training Rooms, Level 3, 10 Yarra St, South Yarra
Cost: Free
Register: Complete the DRISS registration form

More information

Website: www.rhwa.org.au/DRISS

Freecall: 1800 475 433

Email: DRISS@rhwa.org.au

DRISS is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Health and is administered by Rural Health Workforce Australia.

2016 ADAVB Convention - Registrations now open

Early bird registrations are now open for the 2016 ADAVB Convention. Gain valuable insights into the latest research, best practices, trends, techniques, materials and tools in dentistry, presented to you by international and local experts.

Keynote speakers include:

• Dr Norman Swan, medical doctor, journalist and radio producer. Dr Swan was awarded the highest honour in Australian journalism - the Gold Walkley, a UN media peace prize and the highest honour in Australian science journalism, the Michael Daley Award.

• Professor Benjamín Briseño, Head of Department of Endodontics in the Department of Operative Dentistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Main, Germany.

• Dr Marie Bismark, public health physician, health lawyer and Head of the Law and Public Health Group at The University of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.

• Dr Paulo Monteiro, Assistant Professor, Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal, and PhD student in Dentistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Dr Clarence Tam, Chairperson and Director of New Zealand Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and Accreditation Candidate and Sustaining Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. 

Come along - meet the experts, hear about the latest developments, join your colleagues and share your ideas. We look forward to seeing you at the 2016 ADAVB Convention – an event for the whole dental practice.

Find out more and register at http://convention.adavb.org/

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eviDent Foundation Fundraising Dinner

It's time for community dentists to get the respect, recognition and reward they deserve

ADAVB and Professionals Australia (PA) Alliance

It's time for community dentists to get the respect, recognition and reward they deserve.

ADAVB is proud to announce a ground-breaking alliance with Professionals Australia which will support public dentists in obtaining the fair working conditions they deserve.

ADAVB has funded industrial representation of public dentists for over 10 years. Most recently we funded representation in the EBA negotiations which resulted in public hospital dentists gaining improvements to their working conditions.

However we were disappointed when community dentists were advised that their employers had not agreed to them receiving the same terms as their colleagues in the hospital sector.  This is unfair and needs to be rectified.

Letting our community dentists down lets our community down. 

The ADAVB has stepped in with the expertise and track record of Professionals Australia so that we can secure the professional future of public dentists. The Professionals Australia team brings extensive campaign, legal and negotiating experience to our efforts to support community dentists.

Together with Professionals Australia, we will negotiate on behalf of public dentists for fairer pay and conditions. This action will not only enable fairer conditions, but will also set the foundation for a better recognised dental profession, regardless of the sector you are employed in. Our alliance comes at no extra cost to ADAVB members.

If you are a community dentist, join us in this new partnership. Have your voice heard. Get the fair deal you deserve.

Find out more

ADAVB & PA Alliance
ADAVB & PA Alliance FAQ (PDF)
Professionals Australia

Study finds “no-drill” dentistry stops tooth decay

A University of Sydney study has revealed that tooth decay (dental caries) can be stopped, reversed, and prevented without the need for the traditional “fill and drill” approach.

The results of the seven year study, published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, found that the need for fillings was reduced by 30 to 50% through preventative oral care.

“It’s unnecessary for patients to have fillings because they’re not required in many cases of dental decay,” said the study’s lead author, Associate Professor Wendell Evans (pictured).

A/Prof Evans and his team developed the Caries Management System treatment “no-drill” which  involves four aspects:

• Application of high concentration fluoride varnish by dentists to the sites of early decay 
• Attention to home tooth brushing skills 
• Restriction of between-meal snacks and beverages containing added sugar 
• Risk-specific monitoring.

These preventive messages are consistent with those promoted by the ADA over an extended period.