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PROLIA – the dental significance Prolia (also known as Denosumab) is a drug used in the treatment of osteoporosis.  It is described as an “anti-resorptive agent”, meaning that it stops the normal breakdown of bone that occurs in the normal turnover of bone in our...

Osteoporosis medications and anti-resorptive agents influence dental extractions and dental surgery. It is not the osteoporosis or tumours that presents a problem to the dentist but rather it is the drugs used to treatosteoporosis or tumours that may cause problems...

In these COVID times, more and more patients are keen to ensure they are not exposed to infection of any sort, particularly when they are attending for medical or dental treatment.  This leaflet is designed to provide information and reassurance to our patients, that...

Dental Health Week Dental Health Week (DHW) is the Australian Dental Health Association's major annual oral health campaign which takes place in the first full week of August each year. This year it will be observed from 2-8 August. This year's campain is all about...

Dentistry as a career The field of dentistry supports a number of careers to provide employment, satisfaction and pleasure to many varied personalities and people with varying academic abilities, including the following jobs: dental specialists (13 different specialty...

What do I do and when? You’ve are going to lose a tooth! It’s a shock and upsetting but now you need to have a consultation and discussion with your dentist about how you will replace that tooth. If you chose to have an implant then the you can start taking...

American Academy of Periodontology & European Federation of Periodontotology November 2017 Periodontal diseases (gum diseases) are now classified according to the condition present, its stage affecting the patient, the extent of involvement of the dentition and...

Introduction Sadly, cancer affects more and more families these days and while treatment appears to be improving, it is still a condition that needs considerable further research and often requires aggressive treatment involving a combination of radiotherapy, surgery...

FDI tooth numbering system for patients! To help you understand your dental report from Dr Colin Priestland, it is necessary for you to know how the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI) tooth numbering system works so you understand which tooth I am identifying...

Summary There are several sub-types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) varying in their ability to infect people and in their potency as an infection.  It is now known that HPV is associated with the increased prevalence of oro-pharyngeal carcinoma (OPC) accounting for...