GOOD NEWS STORIES

TALENT SPOTTED

Dental assistant at WA Dental Ellenbrook, Brooke Lehrich, creates beautiful crochet gifts and recently made this beautiful doll of dentist Dr Lesley. You can find her range at

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AWARD FOR WATCH YOUR MOUTH PODCAST

The ADA was recently named as the winner of the FDI World Dental Federation’s 2022 Smile Award for the Watch Your Mouth podcast. If you are not familiar with the podcast, it is a great one to share with your patients. Hosted by the lovable Jimmy Rees (those with little ones may remember him from his ‘Giggle and Hoot’ days or his ‘Meanwhile in Australia’ videos), Watch Your Mouth is an entertaining podcast with lots of great oral health information for the public, teeth.org.au/podcasts

DENTAL RESCUE DAY

This awesome volunteer dental team gave their time recently at Rockingham Salvation Army for a Dental Rescue Day. Thank you to: Jonathan Lo, Vilas Menon, Russell Gordon, Jane Bartley, Lisa Daw, Sandra Wood and Andrea Paterson. Thanks also to Paul Taylor, the branch manager at Coates Hire Kwinana, who, despite a tough year, made sure a generator was available for the Dental Rescue Day. Without a generator, the dental van would not be able to be powered, so this generous donation really makes days like this possible.

BALI BOMBINGS ANNIVERSARY LECTURE

Thank you to Dr Stephen Knott for presenting a special lecture: ‘The Bali Bombings – as seen through the eyes of the Dental team’ on the 20th anniversary of the bombings. The free lecture gave attendees an insight into uniqueness of the attack, and discussed several issues relative to Disaster Victim Identification, focusing on the need for accurate dental records.

ORAL HEALTH DAY

After being postponed during Dental Health Week due to bad weather, the ADAWA Oral Health Education Committee was able to hold a successful Oral Health Day in the Perth CPD in October. The committee answered questions from the public, gave out oral health products and the face-painting tooth fairy was a hit with the kids. Thank you to the Oral Health Education Committee for their hard work, and to the dentists and volunteers who came along to offer their support.

YOUNG DENTISTS' CONFERENCE 2022

YDC was a great success – thank you to everyone involved in organising this event for our new practitioners.

The PFA Fellowship was presented by Dr Greg Gee ( PFA WA section head ) and Prof Paul Abbott. The inductees: Dr Peter Readman, Dr Amit Gurbuxani, Dr Helen Vaughan, Dr Mark Foster, Dr Peter Duke, Dr Janina Christoforou, Dr Sean Archibald and Dr Victor Matsubara.

NEW FELLOWS OF THE PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY

Congratulations to new Fellows of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, who were honoured recently at the Perth induction ceremony. It was wonderful to see so many ADAWA members recognised; congratulations to you all. The Fellowship in the Pierre Fauchard Academy is an accolade to outstanding contributions to the art and science of dentistry or to society.

CPD VOUCHERS

With Christmas fast-approaching, are you looking for a useful gift for your colleagues or staff? You can give the gift of continuing education with a CPD gift voucher. Vouchers can be purchased from the ADAWA website, adawa.com.au/product/

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Wayne Young

Sales & Project Manager 0417 948 121