Baby boomers and millennials are our largest demographics but they demand very different dental experiences. Here’s how to customise your offering to suit both groups. By Angela Tufvesson Australian dental patients pay almost 60 per cent of the cost of […]
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More Victorians receiving much-needed dental health care
New figures released in Dental Health Services Victoria’s 2015-2016 Annual Report show that more Victorians than ever before are accessing critical oral health care. Highlights include: 10,122 Indigenous patients accessed care—up by 8.8 per cent 401,067 individuals treated across Victoria […]
The new doctor
Patients are increasingly turning first to the internet when dealing with health issues, but as John Burfitt writes, Dr Google can confuse truth with conspiracy. Stories traded between dentists of the extreme cases of patients diagnosing themselves by Dr Google […]
Active Aussies neglecting their teeth
Active Australians across the country are unknowingly damaging their teeth, unaware of the dental health risks associated with excessive consumption of sports and intra-workout drinks. Research released today reveals that while one in three (35.1 per cent) active adults drink […]
Breastfeeding is best for dental health
A new study by Adelaide University’s Associate Professor Karen Peres has found a positive correlation between breastfeeding and fewer misaligned teeth. The findings add one more item to the list of positive benefits of breastfeeding. However, before any mothers of […]
Good Indigenous dental health figures
The number of teeth affected by decay is about one third more in Aboriginal children compared with non-Aboriginal children in Victoria, according to Dental Health Services Victoria. The data was collected by Dental Health Services Victoria based on patients visiting […]
Older Australians going online for better dental health
Losing teeth is not an inevitable consequence of ageing according to researchers in the Oral Health CRC at the University of Melbourne. That is the clear message coming from a new online learning program to help older Australians maintain and […]
Dental health and dementia link
Following research from the University of California published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society on the links between poor dental health and the risks of developing dementia, the British Dental Health Foundation, is reminding people about the importance […]
