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ADSA Talks is a fantastic opportunity exclusive to ADSA members, allowing you to enjoy lectures from nationally renowned industry professionals without having to leave your own city!

We’ve gone to your respective student society bodies and our sponsors to help bring to you some of the most in-demand dental speakers to talk about topics of interest.

Presenter: Dr Warren Shinder
Date: 10th Oct 2018

Dr Warren Shnider
BDSc(Melb) FRACDS(SND) FICD
Specialist in Special Needs Dentistry

Warren Shnider is a Registered Specialist in Special Needs Dentistry. He has a specialist appointment with Dental Health Services Victoria and a specialist private practice in Melbourne.
He is the Academic Lead in Special Needs Dentistry at the LaTrobe University School of Rural Health, Bendigo and he is a Fellow in Special Needs Dentistry, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He is the Censor-in-Chief and an Executive Councillor for the RACDS and a Councillor and hospital dentistry representative of the Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch. He is an Examiner for the Australian Dental Council and a specialist advisor and educator for the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency.

Lecture Description

“After we graduate, aren’t we done with study and exams? Well, the short answer is no……..

Continuing professional development is now an embedded feature of your registration for the length of your professional life. The long answer is available at The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS). The College has postgraduate programs, courses of study and pathways that offer you a superior level of practise and professionalism in general or specialist practice, or in a training program leading to qualifications in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The College and its study pathways will be explored and explained in this ADSA/RACDS collaborative webinar.

Presenter: Mr Andrew Terry
Date: 5th Sept 2018

Mr Andrew Terry currently lectures for both the BOH and DMD programs at the University of Sydney and has done so since 2015. He has approximately 22 years of clinical experience, first qualifying as a Dental Therapist in QLD, Australia in 1993 and then as a Dental Hygienist in London, U.K in 1998. He ratified his Australian and U.K education in Switzerland with the Swiss Red Cross and attained the protected title of “Dip. Dental Hygienist of Higher Education”. Having worked in a multitude of locations, including Townsville, Brisbane, London and Zurich, he is now based in Sydney.

In addition to his lecturing position at the University of Sydney, Andrew continues to work in private practice and has a special interest in providing caring treatment for HIV and Hep C positive patients. With respect to this, Andrew undertakes regular volunteer work for the HIV/AIDS and Related Programs Unit in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and has presented for the Australian Society of HIV Medicine.

In his talk on Hep C and HIV in the Oral Health Sector, Andrew will include the following topics:
• A review of Hep C and HIV
• Dental management of Hep C and HIV patients
• Legal aspects of HIV/Hep C
• What to do if you have a sharps injury

Presenter: Dr Sam Shamardi
Date: 2nd August 2018

Dr Shamardi is a periodontist based in Boston USA where he spends his time working both in private practice and as a clinical professor in the periodontics department of Harvard University. After obtaining his DMD degree at Tuffs University, Dr Shamardi proceeded to earn his specialist qualification at the University of Pennsylvania and since then has become a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.

Dr Shamardi currently lectures both nationally and internationally at several major dental meetings each year, and in 2014 he founded and launched Dental Innovations LLC, a start-up dental company.

In his spare time, Dr. Shamardi enjoys to travel extensively and play multiple sports while following his favourite soccer club Real Madrid. He is fluent in three languages and still enjoys following current affairs and politics.

In this talk, Dr Shamardi will talk to us about ‘Hearing Loss in Dentistry’, what it is and how we can protect ourselves.

Presenter: Dr. Chee Chang
Date: 23rd April

Dr Chee Chang is a prosthodontist based in Melbourne, where he works mainly in private practice. He is also involved with Melbourne University as a visiting clinical demonstrator for the DDS and GradDip (Oral Implants) courses. 

Chee completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Otago in New Zealand. When he first graduated, Chee spent a number of years working as a general dentist in New Zealand and the UK. 

From his experiences in general practice Chee would further develop his passion for prosthodontics, and eventually decided to return to university to undertake specialist training. 

He currently runs a busy referral-based practice, where he provides his patients the full scope of prosthodontics, ranging from traditional removable dentures, through to full-arch implant prostheses using all the latest digital tools, and everything in-between. 

In this talk, Chee will provide an insight into what life is like as a specialist prosthodontist in private practice, what it takes to get there, and what potentially lies ahead for the specialty.

Presenter: Professor Ian Meyers 

Composite dental restorations represent a unique class of biomaterials with severe restrictions on biocompatibility, curing behavior, esthetics, and ultimate material properties. These materials are presently limited by shrinkage and polymerization-induced shrinkage stress, limited toughness, and several other factors. Fortunately, these materials have been the focus of a great deal of research in recent years with the goal of improving restoration performance by changing the initiation system, monomers, and fillers and their coupling agents, and by developing novel polymerization strategies.

Ian Meyers is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Dental Association (Queensland) and has honorary professorial positions with UQ and JCU. Ian is a general dental practitioner who has worked in both public and private dental clinics and has been involved with The University of Queensland for over two decades. He is a product consultant to a range of dental companies, a member of the International Association for Dental Research, Board member of the RACDS and the ICD, and a member of the editorial board of The Australian Dental Journal. His major interests include adhesive restorative dental materials, diagnosis and management of the worn dentition, geriatric and aged care dentistry, minimum intervention dentistry, and teaching and clinical development in general practice dentistry.

Presenter: Dr Brad Wright

There are some significant areas of legal risk for new  dental practitioners; AHPRA, Public Health, Third Party Risk, Contracts and Employment Law. These are all issues that can cause significant harm . Buying a dental practice as a new graduate needs significant due dilligence.

Dr Brad Wright has been a barrister at the Queensland private bar since 2011. Whilst still registered as a dental practitioner he works full time in legal practice as counsel from chambers in the Inns of Court in Brisbane, but has appeared in Queensland and in NSW and Victorian civil courts. His general legal practice covers all areas that are related to dental practice from contracts, employment disputes and regulatory defence, but includes family law and crime. His legal business and dental qualifications combine to give unique insight into dental legal issues. He is an ADAQ Federal Councillor.

This talk will be live-streamed via our website. Please log in to view the webinar, which will begin at 4:45pm AEST, using the log in details created when you purchased your ADSA 2017 Convention packages. If you didn’t purchase Convention tickets, please create an account by registering your details using the “login” link under the “ADSA TALKS” tab.

 

Presenter: Dr Michaela von Geijer
Date: March 31st

The second series in the newly launched ADSA Talks will be coming to a lecture theatre near you! We’re honoured to welcome Dr Michaela von Geijer, a Specialist Odontologist with Troll Dental to deliver her presentation on Systemic Diseases and Periodontal Disease. This event will be catered and attendees will receive a professional practice training kit and other additional products.

Dr Michaela will be presenting the latest research regarding links between periodontal disease and systemic diseases and how we can apply the latest knowledge to a clinical setting. This will be an ABRIDGED version of Dr Michaela’s clinician talk.

FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU

For 3^rd Year Students:

You can attend a talk hosted at your nearest university by registering here. The links to the Facebook events can be found here:

• Griffith University (24^th May 11-12pm)
• UQ (25^th May 12-1pm)
• Adelaide University (30^th May 5-6pm)
• Curtin University (1^st June 6:30-7:30pm)

For Final or Penultimate Year Students (Dental and Oral Health):

You can attend any of the events above, or you are welcome to attend Dr Michaela’s full talk, targeted at clinicians, FREE for ADSA members! Register here and stay updated by clicking “Going” on the respective Facebook event.

• Gold Coast (24^th May 6.30-7:30pm)
• Brisbane (25^th May 6:30-7:30pm)
• Orange (26^th May 6:30pm-7:30pm)
• Sydney (29^th May 6.30pm-7:30pm)
• Adelaide (30^th May 6.30pm-7:30pm)
• Perth (1^st June 6:30-7:30pm)

For more info, see here

Presenter: Dr Omar Ikram
Date: March 31st

Time:

• [Quick QnA] 4.30PM-4.45PM (Adelaide Time)
• [Main presentation] 5:00PM-8:00PM (Adelaide Time)

Topics:

1. Managing Procedural Errors
2. Making Complicated Cases More Predictable
3. Taper Tip and Size
   [In partnership with AUDSS]

As an ADA member, you have access to hundreds of hours of professional development material, including streaming online clinical videos, regular webinars, face to face events, peer-reviewed articles in the Australian Dental Journal, as well as tens of thousands of academic publications through the National Library online.

https://www.ada.org.au/CPD-Portal/Resources

If you are available as a potential speaker or have feedback, fill out the form below or email us at [email protected]

Jonathan Nguyen
Education Officer