THE Child Dental Benefits Scheme has been a great initiative of the government Medicare Scheme to make dental health care readily available to children. We have been informed that the DBS will continue in 2017. This allows eligible children to be treated by their dentist where they live ensuring continuity of care which is important for good oral health. I have recently seen a bit of a surge in children coming in with trauma on their front teeth. With the beautiful sunny weat

Have you ever found yourself standing in the supermarket aisle, with a wall of toothbrushes in front of you and wondered which is the right one to take home? I certainly have. I remember looking at all the bright colours, each brush promising me something different and of course that it was better than all the others. I actually had no idea of what I was looking at and even if there was any real difference with the brushes before me. Well, as most dental problems start from p