DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Asia Pacific Edition PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG www.dental-tribune.asia DENTAL GUIDANCE The Inclusion Designlab in Mel- bourne, Australia has recently pu- blished a guide on oral health and intellectual disability for dental practitioners. ” Page 02 526 TEETH REMOVED Doctors at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in India have reportedly removed 526 teeth from the posterior region of the lower jaw of a 7-year-old boy. ” Page 05 VOL. 18, NO. 04 REFLUX ASSOCIATED An international team of researchers from China and the US have found that gastro-oesophageal reflux (GERD) is associated with tempo- romandibular disorder (TMD). ” Page 6 ISDH 2019 provides stimulating programme on evidence-based practice By Brendan Day, DTI BRISBANE, Australia: From 15 to 17 August, dental professionals from all around the world came together for the 21st International Sympo- sium on Dental Hygiene (ISDH) in Brisbane. The event attracted 1,135 attendees, representing 34 coun- tries, who were engaged by an ex- citing mix of scientific presentations by leading international dental ex- perts and new product launches by the exhibiting companies. The Dental Hygienists Associ- ation of Australia, in collaboration with the International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH), hosted the event under the theme of “Lead- ership, Empowerment, Advances, Diversity” or LEAD. The symposium opened with a welcome-to-the- country ceremony featuring mem- b er s of t he lo c a l i nd igenous community and this was followed, after lunch, by keynote presenta- tions by Drs Ron Knevel and Dag- mar Else Slot, among others. The next day, Ann Battrell, CEO of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), and Matt Cre- spin, President of the ADHA, to- gether delivered a well-received presentation titled “The wise in- vestment: Strategic dental hygiene leadership development.” A gala dinner was held at the picturesque Howard Smith Wharves that night, with a live band providing attend- ees with a welcome opportunity to let their hair down. Anh Do, a Vietnamese-born Australian comedian, writer and artist, delivered the keynote speech on the final day of the ISDH. Do’s humorous and heart-warming pre- sentation, which focused on his journey from refugee to becoming one of Australia’s most loved enter- tainers, was extremely well received by attendees. Corrie Jongbloed-Zoet, a past President of the Dutch Dental Hy- gienists’ Association, delivered her inaugural address as the newly in- Research compares cooling ability of high-speed handpieces The recent International Symposium on Dental Hygiene was hosted under the theme of “Leadership, Empowerment, Advances, Diversity” or LEAD. (Photo- graph: International Federation of Dental Hygienists) stated President of the IFDH, a po- sition that she will hold until 2022. Jongbloed-Zoet takes over from Robyn Watson, who held the posi- tion from 2016 to 2019. The next ISDH will take place in 2022 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Ireland. Those interested in receiving updates regarding this symposium can sign up here. AD By DTI OTAGO, New Zealand: Not all den- tal practitioners may be aware of the finer details of dentistry equip- ment. Helene Chua, a 21-year-old fourth-year University of Otago Bachelor of Dental Surgery stu- dent, has recently made headlines with her research into the cooling efficiency of different numbers of water coolant ports on high- speed handpieces. Her findings point to the potential for signifi- cant savings for dentists around the world. Chua received the Otago Medical Research Foundation’s 2018/19 Sum- mer Research Scholarship for her research. She compared four-port high-speed handpiece systems to single-port systems to see which produced better cooling results. Her results indicated that four-port systems led to better cooling, but no statistically significant differ- ence was found. Chua believes this finding may help improve hand- pieces and make them more com- fortable in the future. Dr Joanne Choi (left), and Associate Professor Neil Waddell have been impressed with dental student Helene Chua’s research which demonstrated that multi- coolant-port high-speed handpieces do not offer statistically significant cooling improvements over single-coolant-port varieties. (Photograph: Otago University) The findings could also mean sig- nificant savings for practitioners, as a four-coolant-port handpiece costs around NZ$1,800, compared with the single-port variety, which costs around NZ$800. “Not many dentists know about the specifics of the tools they are using, and this research gives them information for choosing what to buy and use,” said Chua. “Opportunities like this give un- dergraduate students a taste of re- search, and that can encourage them to pursue postgraduate stud- ies and possible future academic careers. 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