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Dental on Flinders Blog

Evidence-based insights on dental health, treatment and technology — written by our clinical team.

Uncategorized Why a team approach Works better

Limitations of the Solo Doctor Would you trust a single person to run a complex system like a...

Mahen Ganhewa 17 November 2022
Uncategorized Looking after your teeth in COVID-19 Lockdown

There is no denying it, the world is a very different place compared to just six months ago....

Mahen Ganhewa 22 April 2020
Uncategorized Limitations of the Solo Doctor

As a part of our recent quality improvement planning, we’ve been discussing the limitations of individual judgement. We’ve...

Mahen Ganhewa 22 September 2019
Info A Discussion of Fissure Sealants: Possible shortcomings of the current approach

Fissure Sealants are resin based sealers that are commonly applied to the fissures and pits of healthy adult...

admin 19 July 2019
Uncategorized Dental Tourism

Over the last 12 years I’ve had an inside view to the effects of dental tourism on both...

admin 28 May 2019
Info Prospect Theory and Health Decisions

If you’re a staff member at Dental on Flinders or a long-term patient, you may have heard me...

admin 30 April 2019
Business Dentist and the shoe maker – 3 Min Read

Skip to TLDR Contrary to popular belief not every dentist is financially successful. More than a few colleagues...

admin 13 March 2019
Business Dentistry and the long tail – 4 Min Read

Skip to TLDR Dentistry was a cottage industry (Small businesses of ma and pa owners). Each dentist had...

admin 1 March 2019
Info Amalgam in Your Mouth? Time to Panic?

Do we always remove them? No, but see below. But aren’t they toxic? Dozens of long term studies...

admin 5 December 2017
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