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30 June 2009
Updates to Infection Control documents
The Dental Practice Board of Victoria’s Code of Practice on Infection Control, accompanying information sheet and the Practice Inspection Checklist have been updated to include reference to the Australian Dental Association Inc’s (ADA) publication ADA Guidelines for Infection Control as a mandatory resource for infection control. The changes to the code of practice take effect from 1 July 2009.
Latest Bulletin
The June 2009 Bulletin is now available
Looking for a dental care provider?
The Dental Practice Board regulates the provision of dental health care in Victoria. If you are looking for a dentist, dental prosthetist, dental hygienist or dental therapist, you can search for a registered practitioner by name or location.
The Board advises you to read advertisements carefully before choosing a dental care provider.
Keep the following points in mind:
• Beware of exaggerated predictions about treatment. Ask for proof of the claims that are being made.
• Read the small print. A practitioner offering a discount or other inducement must, by law, set out the terms and conditions of that offer.
• A person whose photograph appears in the advertisement may be a model, not a patient of that practitioner.
• Before and after photographs can be manipulated to exaggerate the effects of treatment.
• Be cautious about phrases like “No needle” “No pain” or “No drill”. Such “techniques” do exist, but are only suitable for a minority of patients.
• Be cautious about claims of advanced training in “Cosmetic Dentistry”.
There’s more on advertising on the Information page.
If you have concerns that a practitioner has not acted in a professional manner, you can ask the Board to investigate the matter. The types of issues about which complaints can be made include, for example: • misleading advertising; • poor infection control practices; • lack of consent to a procedure; • poor quality of work; • financial deception; • inappropriate treatment etc.
For details of findings that have been made against individual practitioners see Decisions.
