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ADIA News ― May 2013


ADIA Convenes High-Level Meeting With Parliamentarians

24/05/2013

Senior stakeholders from Australia’s dental industry will meet with Ministers and their Opposition counterparts in Parliament House next month in order to discuss the reforms needed to sustain growth and profitability of the dental industry.

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IMDRF Proposes Common Unique Product Identifiers

6/05/2013

ADIA will respond to a call for industry feedback from the IMDRF on a guidance document that will provide medical device (dental product) regulators with a framework for a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system for medical devices.

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FWC Lecture: 'The ambiguities of workplace cooperation'

7/05/2013

Employees of ADIA member businesses are invited to a free lecture by Professor Mark Bray, who explores the meaning of workplace cooperation and is role in productivity, to be held on 24 May 2013 in Melbourne.

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IMDRF Draft Guidance On Recognition of Auditing Organisations

8/05/2013

ADIA is reviewing IMDRF proposals for criteria to recognise and monitor auditing organisations performing audits under their respective medical device legislation, regulations, and procedures required in its jurisdiction.

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FWC Pilots Pro Bono Legal Advice Scheme For Unfair Dismissal Hearings

10/05/2013

The FWC is piloting a pro bono legal scheme to provide independent legal advice to self-represented parties involved in unfair dismissal jurisdictional hearings. The pilot is being undertaken in Victoria, with plans to extend it to New South Wales.

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2013 Australian Government Budget Summary

15/05/2013

The Australian Government has handed down its budget for FY2013-14 where Australia’s economy is strong but deficits persist. Commitments to increase funding on dental care remain with a full break-down to be provided at the 2013 ADIA Budget Briefing.

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Current Regulatory Standards For Teeth Whitening Products

16/05/2013

New regulatory standards for teeth whitening products that came into force on 1 May 2013 have clarified the continuation of general sales status for teeth whitening products containing 6% or less hydrogen peroxide and / or 18% or less carbamide perox ...

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DBA Scope Of Practice Registration Discussion Paper

17/05/2013

On 23 May 2012 the AHWMC released the Scope of practice review oral health practitioners report that made five recommendations concerning the work of dental practitioners.

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DBA Releases Quarterly Registration Data

20/05/2013

The DBA has released its registration data, a table of statistical breakdowns of dental professionals registered, including the types of registration held, principal place of practice, endorsements, ages and gender for the March 2013 quarter.

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ACCI Survey: Small Business Tells Policy Makers To Take Pressure Off

21/05/2013

The latest ACCI Small Business Survey shows that most small business trading conditions have remained below the 50 mark, separating expansion from contraction over the first quarter of 2013, albeit some indications of marginal improvement.

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Dental Industry Seminars & Courses


Breakfast Briefing -TGA Boss Talks About Reform

24/05/2013 - Australian Dental Industry Association

This breakfast briefing event will provide you with unprecedented access to TGA’s National Manager, Dr John Skerritt, who will overview the TGA's regulatory reform program and will be discussing how these changes will impact on your business.

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Forensic Dentistry and Forensic Anthropology

9/09/2014 - ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development

CPD, in conjunction with the NSW Forensic Dental Unit, are pleased to present the 28th annual forensic dentistry and forensic anthropology course. This four-day Forensic Dental course will introduce participants to the dental elements of identificati ...

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Focusing on Your People

30/10/2013 - ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development

This workshop focuses on teaching the building blocks for effective people management so as to achieve improved levels of productivity and staff engagement for your practice. The program’s key objective is that participants develop an understanding o ...

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ADIIR Sales Statistics Reference Group

11/10/2013 - ADIA National Office

The reference committee provides a mechanism by which members and experts can play an active role in the development of policy, direction and practice associated with the development of the Australian Dental Industry Intelligence Report.

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Applied Infection Control for the Dental Surgery

4/09/2013 - ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development

Part 1: Practical infection Control lecture Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
What is the real cost of not complying? Learn how to become and stay compliant. If you answered ‘no’ to any of the above, you should consider attending this Infection Control and Ster ...

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Hygienist Communications Intensive

13/08/2013 - Prime Practice

Increase the value of your hygiene department. Learn systems and procedures to take full advantage of your hygiene department, communication skills to ensure dentist and hygienists support each other. This course is aimed at hygienists, dentists and ...

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Endodontic Trouble-Shooting

22/07/2013 - ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development

Covering treatment strategies for frequently encountered instrumentation and obturation problems in clinical practice, this program will feature interactive seminars as well as practical treatment exercises on extracted teeth. A range of rotary Ni-Ti ...

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Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography

12/07/2013 - University of Queensland, School of Dentistry

This course will provide candidates with the basic tools required to use and interpret CBVT safely. After passing the examination at the end of the course, participants will be provided with a certificate of proficiency in cone beam imaging. This cer ...

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Orthodontic Principles Part II

28/06/2013 - University of Queensland, School of Dentistry

This practical course will include the following orthodontic techniques:
Placement of orthodontic separators & orthodontic band selection
Placement & removal of orthodontic elastomeric ligation
Self-ligating brackets: Marketing hype vs clinical rea ...

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