For the last episode of season 3, we have the final specialty for our mini-series: periodontics! Undergoing his final year of periodontics training, Dr. Andrew Liaw offers the perspective of a post graduate student with Rachel. His experiences and advice for those considering the pathway of specialising is invaluable, including practical advice such as how to choose the perfect university for your studies. Don’t miss out on this special podcast and make sure you absorb as much information as you can ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. As a podcast series titled “Brace Yourself”, it was about time we talked about braces! You guessed it- our specialisation for this week’s podcast is Orthodontics. Hosted by Aws and Gabi, Dr. Alison Sahhar tells the story of how she knew the orthodontics was the specialisation for her. Having done her DCD in Melbourne, Dr. Sahhar’s pathway is highly insightful for ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. Welcome back to a new year with new podcasts! As we’re nearing the end of our specialisation series, we have a few more podcasts coming to tie up season 3. In this episode we’re going back to the roots of dentistry… Endodontics! This week, Dr. Omar Ikram has kindly joined us to share with us his specialisation journey. With Nicole and James, Dr. Omar discusses wh ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. The next specialty we will be covering on our series is oral medicine! Though a theory heavy specialty, Dr. Amanda Phoon Nguyen talks about her love for oral medicine and how practical the subject can be. With the ability to diagnose and understand a plethora of different conditions and disease, oral medicine might be the specialty for you. Accompanied by Shirley ..read more

Have you ever thought about what’s next after dentistry? Loved the practical and surgical side of your coursework? Chances are, you’ve considered becoming an OMFS! With an incredible combined skillset of a dentist and medical doctor, Dr. Sophia Richardson joins us on this week’s episode of Brace yourself to tell us more about what OMFS do. Alongside Tiger and Kevin, Dr. Richardson shares the ups and downs of her journey to becoming an OMFS. From information about pathways to her own personal reflections, the topics discussed in this episode are invaluable and empowering. So, join us on the pod ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. As exam season is nearly over, we’re getting ready to celebrate our graduating cohort’s achievements! With this chapter of their careers coming to an end, it’s exciting to see where the rest of their lives will take them. But what opportunities are out there in the big world and what can we do with our degrees? As Moe and Jem finish up their bachelor of oral heal ..read more

With the Indigenous population of Australia facing many barriers in healthcare, oral health is not an outlier. As disparity is faced within our First Nations communities, it is important for us as current and future clinicians to understand how we can close the gap. In this week’s episode, our guest speak Brianna Poirier expands on her background and current research in Indigenous oral health. Alongside Raeesha and Laya, Brianna explains her research including topics like methodology and where the shift in researching is leading, segueing into the implications it has for the future. This podca ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. With over 700 different species of bacteria all living in the mouth, oral microbiomes are very complex.  This lively and diverse microbiome has taken time to develop since our first days, but how does our surroundings play a part? Presenting her research on how early life environments influence the oral microbiome and determine oral health outcomes, Dr Chris ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. Balloon art? Dentistry? There can’t be any possible correlations right…? Well in this week’s episode, Dr. Choi, Julia and Kanisha prove otherwise. Sharing on the career pathway he took after university, Dr. Choi talks about how he found his job along with some interesting stories! Including topics such as CPDs and work environments, Dr. Choi also gives his best t ..read more

Thank you to Single Use Dental Instruments for sponsoring today’s Brace Yourself episode. Visit www.singleusedentalinstruments.com for more information on how their products can help streamline your clinical infection control process. With so many different dental associations across Australia, ADSA is here to help you become more familiar with them. To check one off this list, we will be getting to know more about ADAVB in this week’s podcast. With Alex and Mili steering the conversation, Dr. Matthew Hopcraft introduces us to ADAVB and what their association is about. Their lively discussion ..read more