MEMBERS! You are invited to attend the DOHTAQ 2010 GSK Breakfast Meeting.
Where? Regatta Hotel, Cnr Coronation Dr & Sylvan St, Toowong
When? 8.30 am, 21st February 2010
Enjoy a leisurely buffet breakfast overlooking the river in this historic hotel with its many tales.
Guest Speaker: Jenny Bishop, Queensland & Australian Dental Board Member, “Counting Down to National Registration”
Kindly Sponsored by GSK
Helen Woods will once again introduce you to GSK’s wonderful and very latest products.
To attend please complete and return the attached... Registration Form... before COB 12.2.2010.
Congratulations on completing another academic year. Membership renewal application forms will be sent to all members in April/May 2010. If however you are changing your contact and address details, please email admin@dohtaq.com.au. As a student, your membership is free, for the duration of your degree and the three months following graduation.
To graduating students, DOHTAQ wish to welcome you into the professional field of Oral Health care in Queensland as you embark on this exciting and challenging career path of an Oral Health Therapist. As a member of DOHTAQ you have access to a wealth of knowledge and professional advice should you require assistance during this time of transition.
Students graduating this year only need pay a nominal fee of only $30 to cover the transition from student membership to full membership status for the remainder of the financial year (i.e. to 30 June 2010). A membership application for student members graduating in 2009, transitioning to full membership, is attached.
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Permanent Full Time positions with Oral Health Services are available at Hervey Bay/Maryborough and Edmonton (Cairns) Read more.....
The Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists' Association
25 June 2009
ADOHTA welcomes the SA Governments decision to remove age restrictions from Dental Therapist practice.
The Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association Inc. (ADOHTA) applauds the South Australian Governments decision to amend the legislation and remove the age limit restrictions on Dental Therapist practice...
Dental Therapists provide high quality care, including check-ups, fillings and preventive care, complying with standards that dentists also have to meet. Many Dental Therapists are dually qualified as Dental Hygienists. This qualification in dental and oral health has been recognised for over 40 years in Australia, advised Ms Barker. Furthermore, Dental Therapists have also been providing care for adults in Western Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada for over 20 years, she said.
Over 40% of Australian adults do not access regular dental care, predominantly due to cost. Dental Therapists have skills that match the high levels of unmet need in our community. Dental therapists have been examining, diagnosing, planning and providing dental treatment within their scope of practice for children, adolescents and young adults since the late 1960s. said Ms Barker. Read more
Find information on DOHTAQs CPD program, a guide to CPD, and relevant forms. This is part of our ongoing commitment to raising the benchmark in standards, technieques and education in oral health.
The Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists' Association
17 February 2009
Speaking Out in Support of Denticare
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Interim Report on "A Healthier Future for All Australians" was released yesterday. Of special interest is the recommendation for the creation of a Denticare scheme similar to Medicare and the recommendation for a one-year internship scheme prior to full registration for dentists, dental therapists and dental hygienists.
The President of the Dental and Oral Health Therapist Association of Australia (ADOHTA), Ms Julie Barker, says "it is good that access to dental care for low income people is on the political agenda."Read more....