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Australasian Dentist Magazine
Over 7,500 subscribers in Australia and New Zealand, with the greatest professional readership of any dental magazine in Australasia.
Mandibular Retrognathia and Osteodistraction - February 2008
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Orthognathic surgery is the art and science of creating proportion between the upper and lower jaws, in coördination with orthodontic alignment of teeth. Treatment is conducted conjointly by a specialist orthodontist and specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon... Read more
Upper Premolar Wisdom Teeth, Sinus Lift Procedures and Sinus Health - September 2008
Implants are a dynamic surgical means of fixing dental appliances directly to living, natural jaw bone, and are becoming increasingly established as baseline treatment in place of the clinical tradition of dentures and dental bridge work. Based on technology used more extensively in orthopædic surgery, titanium dental implants have similar design elements to modern knee or hip joint prostheses... Read more
The Benefits of Specialist Prophylactic Wisdom Tooth Removal - June 2007
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Wisdom teeth are a major cause of human
morbidity and dental disease.
Because of the multitude of problems that
they cause, & also due to the high rates of surgical
complications from their removal, most people
will be referred to specialist oral & maxillofacial
surgeons for the specific management of their wisdom
teeth... Read more
The Management of the Impacted Maxillary Canine - August 2007
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Surgical orthodontics is the art of coordination of surgical and orthodontic management of impacted teeth, and disproportionate jaws. The aim of combined management between a specialist orthodontist and specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon is to produce perfect, symmetrical, and balanced faces and smiles; for a lifetime of perfect dental health... Read more
Response to letter on Prophylactic Wisdom Teeth Removal - August 2007 (Warning!... Download time may exceed 5 min, large file 1MB)
I write to discuss your article “The benefits of specialist Pro.....” Nearly all the nasty complications that you showed in the article could have been avoided if the wisdom tooth involved had been extracted at the appropriate time which is before the roots of the wisdom tooth had formed... Read more
Medicare in Dentistry - Dental & Maxillofacial Radiography - August 2007(Warning!... Download time may exceed 5 min, large file 1MB)
Have you ever wondered how that bulk-bill radiology clinic down the road, supplying OPG services, works? For the most part, general dentists are given Medicare provider numbers expressly for the purpose of making referrals to Medicare-approved medical radiologists... Read more
Medicare in Dentistry - The new Dental EPC changes - October 2007
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The Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) programme has been a well established health care initiative under Medicare since 1999, and was introduced to provide more preventive care for older Australians and improve coordination of care for people with chronic conditions and complex care needs... Read more
Implants Central Incisors - Titanium implants and central incisor replacement - October 2007
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This contracted (and by no means exhaustive) article aims to provide illustrations of real patients with real problems that have affected their maxillary central incisor teeth. As a general article, it is aimed equally to the general reader (by providing lay terms), as much as to the dental professional. Treatment plans are much individualised... Read more
Medicare in dentistry - How do LSPN’S work in private dental practice?- December 2007
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Since my first article for Australasian Dentist in August 2007, I have been asked how Medicare works in helping to provide subsidy for dental xrays in the private dental clinic. In essence, existing dental practices that provide Medicare coverage for in-house radiology, define themselves as a “dental radiography diagnostic provider service.”... Read more
The Newcastle Herald.
The premier newspaper of the Hunter Valley, NSW, with leading journalists including Joanne McCarthy and Jeff Corbett.
Waiting lists force some to take matters in their own hands - 27th September, 2007
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Waits of up to 5 years for general treatment in the Hunter's public dental system are prompting some patients to take drastic action charities and doctors say... Read more
National Newspapers
Occasionally press articles become more widely distributed, with state and national newspapers providing a wider readership.
Robbie O'Davis to keep playing with fractured jaw - Sydney Morning Herald, July 20th, 2004
Newcastle fullback Robbie O'Davis will play the rest of the NRL season with a fractured jaw in the hope of ending his rugby league career with a premiership ring... Read more
Joey vows he won't quit- Daily Telegraph Sydney, April 19th, 2005
Andrew Johns is planning to resume training in just over a week and to be back playing for his embattled Newcastle Knights by round 12... Read more
Baton claim is rejected - The Daily Advertiser Wagga Wagga, May 1st 2008
Newcastle oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr Paul Coceancig made the claim during a hearing into two serious charges against Senior Constable Christopher John Jackson.... Read More
Kurt puts brave face on broken dreams - Newcastle Herald, May 14th, 2008
First choice NSW halfback Kurt Gidley has dealt with the disappointment of missing the opening State or Origin game next week... Read more
Operating Theatre at Cutting Edge - Northern Territory News, February 16th, 2010
It's got the surgeon, and the nurses cleaning up last job's left overs - but most importantly it's got a machine that goes ping! Darwin Private Hospital's theatre five is brand-spanking new, and cost about $500,000 to fit out... Read more
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